Up from Bondage: The Literatures of Russian and African American Soul

by Dale E. Peterson

Book Overview

During the nineteenth century, literate Russians and educated American blacks encountered a dominant Western narrative of world civilization that seemed to ignore the histories of Slavs and African Americans. In response, generations of Russian and black American intellectuals have asserted eloquent counterclaims for the cultural significance of a collective national "soul" veiled from prejudiced Western eyes. Up from Bondage is the first study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822325608
• ISBN13: 9780822325604
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"