Author:

Quashie, Kevin Everod  Search this

Physical description:

v, 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

2012

C2012

Contents:

Introduction: why quiet -- Publicness, silence, and the sovereignty of the interior -- Not double consciousness but the consciousness of surrender -- Maud Martha and the practice of paying attention -- Quiet, vulnerability, and nationalism -- The capacities of waiting, the expressiveness of prayer -- Conclusion: to be one

Topic:

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc  Search this

African Americans--Intellectual life  Search this

African Americans--Race identity  Search this

Identity (Psychology) in literature  Search this

Group identity in literature  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_987769