African American journalists [electronic resource] : autobiography as memoir and manifesto

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hall, Calvin L. , 1964- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md : Scarecrow Press , c2009
Subjects:	African American authors > Biography > History and criticism African American authors > Intellectual life African American journalist > Biography > History and criticism American prose literature > African American authors > History and criticism Autobiography > African American authors
Online Access:	NetLibrary

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: "unexamined lives" : the study of African American journalism autobiography
2. Journalism : memory, history, and context
3. Form, function, and the public sphere in Jill Nelson's Volunteer slavery
4. Volunteer slavery and the speech aspect of the autobiographical manifesto
5. Surveillance and performance in Nathan McCall's Makes me wanna holler
6. Jake Lamar, Patricia Raybon, and the autobiographical manifesto form
7. Memoir and the African American newsroom experience : themes and considerations
8. Conclusion: the synergy between race, class, gender, and profession in African American journalists' autobiographies

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