“Hopeless Colored Names” A Taxonomy of Naming and Re-naming Rituals in Baraka's Dutchman
Abstract Even as naming rituals stand among the most persistent themes in African-American literature, Imamu Amiri Baraka's Dutchman, the most important play of the 1960s Black Arts Movement, is singular in the centrality of naming to its dramatic structure and meaning. From the profusion of ov...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2007-06-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1787 |