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- Title Black on Black
- Author John Cullen Gruesser
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Date 2000-06-08
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780813121635 / 0813121639
- Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.69 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.75 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects American literature - African American, American literature - 20th century - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99047796
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.932
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- Booklist, 07/01/2000, Page 1993
- Choice, 11/01/2000, Page 533
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Black on Black. Twentieth Century African American Writing about Africa. By John Cullen Gruesser. Published by University Press of Kentucky. 2000. ISBN 0813121639. New 9 x 6 inches cloth hardcover with new dustjacket - no flaws. 205 Pages. Illustrated. Notes. Works Cited. Index. COMMENTS: John Gruesser uses the concept of Ethiopianismthe biblically inspired belief that black Americans would someday lead Africans and people of the diaspora to a bright futureto provide a framework for his study. Originating in the eighteenth century and inspiring religious and political movements throughout the 1800s, Ethiopianism dominated African American depictions of Africa in the first two decades of the twentieth century, particularly in the writings of Du Bois, Sutton Griggs, and Pauline Hopkins. Beginning with the Harlem Renaissance and continuing through the Italian invasion and occupation of Ethiopia, however, its influence on the portrayal of the continent slowly diminished. Ethiopianism's decline can first…
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