Hartnell, Anna.

Rewriting Exodus : American Futures from du Bois to Obama. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons Series . - Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons Series .

Cover -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Rewriting Exodus -- 1. Re-reading America: Barack Obama -- 2. Double Consciousness and the Master/Slave Dialectic: W.E.B. Du Bois -- 3. Excavating the Promised Land: Martin Luther King -- 4. Reclaiming 'Egypt': Malcolm X -- 5. Transcending the Nation: Toni Morrison's Paradise -- 6. Conclusion: Exodus and Return in Post-Katrina New Orleans -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

New ways of thinking about the US relationship with the postcolonial world.

9781849645904


African Americans -- Intellectual life.


Electronic books.

E185.89.I56 -- H37 2011eb

323.1196073