The n-word : Les usages du mot “nigger” dans la littérature africaine américaine
Modern African American literature, birthed in the early twentieth century by W.E.B. Du Bois and other, more provocative authors such as Zora Neale Hurston or Langston Hughes, is intertwined with the development of political correctness in the United States. The way these writers use the word “nigge...
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| description | Modern African American literature, birthed in the early twentieth century by W.E.B. Du Bois and other, more provocative authors such as Zora Neale Hurston or Langston Hughes, is intertwined with the development of political correctness in the United States. The way these writers use the word “nigger”, the most offensive among racial slurs, that African Americans have turned into a symbol of their identity, is a good illustration of that idea. The literary history of the twentieth century shows us that this word embodies the evolutions of the concept and the practice of black literature, as well as the way each writer invented his or her own way to deal with the legacies of History, crafting aesthetics which play with political correctness, violate it, or give it a new twist. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-181542f11bb7430cbc382028d8d601cc2022-12-21T18:31:49ZengAssociation Portugaise d'Etudes FrançaisesCarnets1646-76982011-06-01275010.4000/carnets.6328The n-word : Les usages du mot “nigger” dans la littérature africaine américaineCyril VettoratoModern African American literature, birthed in the early twentieth century by W.E.B. Du Bois and other, more provocative authors such as Zora Neale Hurston or Langston Hughes, is intertwined with the development of political correctness in the United States. The way these writers use the word “nigger”, the most offensive among racial slurs, that African Americans have turned into a symbol of their identity, is a good illustration of that idea. The literary history of the twentieth century shows us that this word embodies the evolutions of the concept and the practice of black literature, as well as the way each writer invented his or her own way to deal with the legacies of History, crafting aesthetics which play with political correctness, violate it, or give it a new twist.http://journals.openedition.org/carnets/6328African American literatureSubversionAmiri BarakaPaul Beatty |
| spellingShingle | Cyril Vettorato The n-word : Les usages du mot “nigger” dans la littérature africaine américaine Carnets African American literature Subversion Amiri Baraka Paul Beatty |
| title | The n-word : Les usages du mot “nigger” dans la littérature africaine américaine |
| title_full | The n-word : Les usages du mot “nigger” dans la littérature africaine américaine |
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| title_short | The n-word : Les usages du mot “nigger” dans la littérature africaine américaine |
| title_sort | n word les usages du mot nigger dans la litterature africaine americaine |
| topic | African American literature Subversion Amiri Baraka Paul Beatty |
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