Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership
Edwards; Erica R.
Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership / Erica R. Edwards - University Of Minnesota Press; 2012 - 250p; 21x14cm
Social and political change is impossible in the absence of gifted male charismatic leadershipâthis is the fiction that shaped African American culture throughout the twentieth century. If we understand this, Erica R. Edwards tells us, we will better appreciate the dramatic variations within both the modern black freedom struggle and the black literary tradition.
English
0816675465 9780816675463
HN1-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems.
PS153.N5E34 2012 810.9'896073--dc23 2011031793
Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership / Erica R. Edwards - University Of Minnesota Press; 2012 - 250p; 21x14cm
Social and political change is impossible in the absence of gifted male charismatic leadershipâthis is the fiction that shaped African American culture throughout the twentieth century. If we understand this, Erica R. Edwards tells us, we will better appreciate the dramatic variations within both the modern black freedom struggle and the black literary tradition.
English
0816675465 9780816675463
HN1-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems.
PS153.N5E34 2012 810.9'896073--dc23 2011031793