The Souls of Black Folk
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1548743593 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 246 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With a dash of the Victorian and Enlightenment influences that peppered his impassioned yet formal prose, the book's largely autobiographical chapters take the reader through the momentous and moody maze of Afro-American life after the Emancipation Proclamation: from poverty, the neoslavery of the sharecropper, illiteracy, miseducation, and lynching, to the heights of humanity reached by the spiritual "sorrow songs" that birthed gospel and the blues. Washington's programme practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races," he writes, further complaining that Washington's thinking "withdraws many of the high demands of Negroes as men and American citizens." The capstone of The Souls of Black Folk, though, is Du Bois' haunting, eloquent description
Outside of its notable relevance in African-American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the early works in the field of sociology.. B. The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work of American literature by W. E. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology, and a cornerstone of African-American literary history. To develop this work, Du Bois drew from his own experiences as an African American in the American society. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which the magazine Atlantic Monthly had previously published
An amazing little book. Amazon, why in the world do you require me to choose whether The Souls of Black Folk was "predictable" had "some twists" or was "full of surprises" - those descriptions are totally inappropriate. But if I didn't choose one then I wasn't allowed to write a review and I very much wanted to. What an amazing book. It is a slim read, and while some of it is clearly relevant to the times in which he lived, so mu. "A must read. I find it odd that these" according to BlueSapphire. A must read. I find it odd that these questions were asked of this book (i.e., How was the author's writing? Violence? Sexual content? Narrated?). Excellent! This book I have never read though it be of my ancestors. I am challenged and inspired. Thought it was of this time with many parallels. This book had not fallen "still born" but was reached a fertile generations!