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- Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition
- Series page
- Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Trope of the Picture Book
- Part One Sights of Instruction
- Part Two Lessons from the Museum
- Chapter 4 Zora Neale Hurston: Seeing by the Rules of the Natural History Museum
- Chapter 5 Melvin Tolson: Gaining Modernist Perspective in the Art Gallery
- Chapter 6 Ralph Ellison: Engaging Racial Perception beyond Museum Walls
- Coda: Redefining the Look of American Character
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - Ralph Ellison: Engaging Racial Perception beyond Museum Walls
from Part Two - Lessons from the Museum
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2014
Book contents
- Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition
- Series page
- Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Trope of the Picture Book
- Part One Sights of Instruction
- Part Two Lessons from the Museum
- Chapter 4 Zora Neale Hurston: Seeing by the Rules of the Natural History Museum
- Chapter 5 Melvin Tolson: Gaining Modernist Perspective in the Art Gallery
- Chapter 6 Ralph Ellison: Engaging Racial Perception beyond Museum Walls
- Coda: Redefining the Look of American Character
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014