Black No More
Autor George S. Schuyleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 iul 2013
It's New Year's Day 1933 in New York City, and Max Disher, a young black man, has just found out that a certain Dr. Junius Crookman has discovered a mysterious process that allows people to bleach their skin white-a new way to "solve the American race problem." Max leaps at the opportunity, and after a brief stay at the Crookman Sanitarium, he becomes Matthew Fisher, a white man who is able to attain everything he has ever wanted: money, power, good liquor, and the white woman who rejected him when he was black.
Lampooning myths of white supremacy and racial purity and caricaturing prominent African American leaders like W. E. B. Du Bois, Madam C. J. Walker, and Marcus Garvey, Black No More is a masterwork of speculative fiction and a hilarious satire of America's obsession with race.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9788087830543
ISBN-10: 8087830547
Pagini: 154
Dimensiuni: 210 x 297 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Important Books
ISBN-10: 8087830547
Pagini: 154
Dimensiuni: 210 x 297 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Important Books
Notă biografică
George
S.
Schuyler(1895-1977)
was
one
of
the
most
prominent
African
American
journalists
of
the
early
twentieth
century.
Born
in
Rhode
Island,
Schuyler
spent
his
early
years
in
New
York,
before
enlisting
in
the
US
army
in
1912.
He
returned
to
New
York
after
briefly
being
AWOL
to
pursue
a
career
in
journalism.
He
wrote
for
black
America's
most
influential
newspaper,
thePittsburgh
Courier,
in
addition
toThe
Nation,The
Washington
Postand
H.
L.
Mencken'sThe
American
Mercury.
Recenzii
Each
page
unleashes
a
fusillade
of
gags
and
comic
sequences,
careening
from
slapstick
to
blood
bath
and
back
again.
.
.
.
To
borrow
a
line
from
Schuyler,
the
plot
twists
get
'more
complicated
than
a
flapper's
past'-and
about
as
fun.
.
.
.Black
No
Moreis
unsparing
on
the
madness
of
racial
classification
but
frank,
and
very
beautiful,
on
the
lure
of
racial
belonging
Extraordinary . . . A satiric tour de force that rips into myths of white supremacy, black nationalism and the American Dream
Extraordinary . . . A satiric tour de force that rips into myths of white supremacy, black nationalism and the American Dream
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According to Max Disher, an ambitious young black man in 1930s New York, someone of his race has only three alternatives: "Get out, get white, or get along." Incapable of getting out and unhappy with getting along, Max leaps at the remaining possibility. Thanks to a certain Dr. Junius Crookman and his mysterious process, Max and other eager clients develop bleached skin that permits them to enter previously forbidden territory. What they discover in white society, however, gives them second thoughts.This humorous work of speculative fiction was written by an unsung hero of African-American literature. George S. Schuyler (1895-1977) wrote for black America's most influential newspaper, the "Pittsburgh Courier, " in addition to H. L. Mencken's "The" "American Mercury, The Nation, " and other publications. His biting satire not only debunks the myths of white supremacy and racial purity but also lampoons prominent leaders of the NAACP and the Harlem Renaissance. More than a historical curiosity, Schuyler's 1931 novel offers a hilarious take on the hypocrisy and demagoguery surrounding America's obsession with skin color.Dover (2011) unabridged republication of the edition published by the Macaulay Company, New York, 1931.
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