Black Writers, White Publishers : Marketplace Politics in Twentieth- Century African American Literature

Paperback • 2006 • Norwegian Bokmål

Black Writers, White Publishers : Marketplace Politics in Twentieth- Century African American Literature

By John K. Young

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Jean Toomer's Cane was advertised as ""a book about Negroes by a Negro,"" despite his request not to promote the book along such racial lines. Nella Larsen switched the title of her second novel from Nig to Passing, because an editor felt the original title ""might be too inflammatory."" In order to publish his first novel as a Book-of-the-Month Club main selection Richard Wright deleted a scene in Native Son depicting Bigger Thomas masturbating. Toni Morrison changed the last word of Beloved at...Show more

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9781578068463

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Jackson : University Press of Mississippi

Published year

2006

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Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

Black Writers, White Publishers : Marketplace Politics in Twentieth- Century African American Literature

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Paperback

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