Lorenzo Thomas’ Chances Are Few and the African-American Identity: Examining the Impact of Mainstream American Culture on African-American Identity
Abstract This article examines the portrayal of African-American people in the contemporary American literature and culture. Through a close reading of a selection of Lorenzo Thomas’ poems from his collection Chances Are Few (1972), it becomes evident that black people are still confused regardin...
Main Author: | Sofia Politidou |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hyperion University
2014-05-01
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Series: | HyperCultura |
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Online Access: | http://litere.hyperion.ro/hypercultura/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Politidou-Sofia_2.pdf |
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