Yours for Humanity: New Essays on Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins by JoAnn Pavletich (

Description: Yours for Humanity by JoAnn Pavletich, John Cullen Gruesser, John Cyril Barton, Elizabeth Cali, Sabine Engwer, Karin L. Hooks, Courtney Novosat, Colleen O'Brien, Geoffrey Sanborn, Cherene Sherrard-Johnson Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859–1930), African American novelist, editor, journalist, playwright, historian, and public intellectual, used fiction to explore and intervene in the social, racial, and political challenges of her era. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859–1930), African American novelist, editor, journalist, playwright, historian, and public intellectual, used fiction to explore and intervene in the social, racial, and political challenges of her era. Her particular form of cultural activism was groundbreaking for its time and continues to influence and inspire authors and scholars today. This collection of essays constitutes a new phase in the full historical and literary recovery of her work.JoAnn Pavletich argues that considered from the broadest of perspectives, Hopkinss life work occupies itself with the critique and creation of epistemologies that control racialized knowledge and experience. Whether in representations of a critical contemporary problem such as lynching, imperialism, or pan-African unity or in representations of African American womens voices, Hopkinss texts create new knowledge and new frames for understanding it. The essays in this collection engage this knowledge, articulating nuanced understandings of Hopkinss era and her innovative writing practices, opening new doors for the next generation of Hopkins scholarship. With contributions from well-established Hopkins scholars such as John Gruesser (editor of The Unruly Voice) and Hanna Wallinger (author of Pauline E. Hopkins: A Literary Biography), the collection also includes important new scholars on Hopkins such as Elizabeth Cali, Edlie Wong, and others. Author Biography JOANN PAVLETICH is professor emerita at the University of Houston-Downtown. Her most recent publications include "...we are going to take that right: Power and Plagiarism in Pauline Hopkinss Winona" in the College Language Association Journal and "Pauline Hopkins and the Death of the Tragic Mulatta" in Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters. She lives in Houston, Texas. Review Yours for Humanity will raise new and intriguing issues related to Hopkins, and thus move the critical conversation forward for a new generation of readers. . . . Taken together, these pieces would provide readers with a great range of perspectives, specifically with respect to Hopkins fiction and her various social and intellectual roles as stenographer, editor, and activist. * author of Race, Rape, and Lynching: The Red Record of American Literature, 1890–1912 *Yours for Humanity constitutes an original and important addition to Hopkins studies, a field devoted to one of the most productive and interesting writers of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century United States. Most of its contributions come from top Hopkins scholars and scholars who are about to publish their own book-length studies of Hopkins. * author of The Nadir and the Zenith * Promotional The first collection of essays on Pauline Hopkins since The Unruly Voice in 1996 Long Description Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930), African American novelist, editor, journalist, playwright, historian, and public intellectual, used fiction to explore and intervene in the social, racial, and political challenges of her era. Her particular form of cultural activism was groundbreaking for its time and continues to influence and inspire authors and scholars today. This collection of essays constitutes a new phase in the full historical and literary recovery of her work. JoAnn Pavletich argues that considered from the broadest of perspectives, Hopkinss life work occupies itself with the critique and creation of epistemologies that control racialized knowledge and experience. Whether in representations of a critical contemporary problem such as lynching, imperialism, or pan-African unity or in representations of African American womens voices, Hopkinss texts create new knowledge and new frames for understanding it. The essays in this collection engage this knowledge, articulating nuanced understandings of Hopkinss era and her innovative writing practices, opening new doors for the next generation of Hopkins scholarship. With contributions from well-established Hopkins scholars such as John Gruesser (editor of The Unruly Voice ) and Hanna Wallinger (author of Pauline E. Hopkins: A Literary Biography ), the collection also includes important new scholars on Hopkins such as Elizabeth Cali, Edlie Wong, and others. Review Quote Yours for Humanity will raise new and intriguing issues related to Hopkins, and thus move the critical conversation forward for a new generation of readers. . . . Taken together, these pieces would provide readers with a great range of perspectives, specifically with respect to Hopkins fiction and her various social and intellectual roles as stenographer, editor, and activist. Promotional "Headline" The first collection of essays on Pauline Hopkins since The Unruly Voice in 1996 Description for Reader JoAnn Pavletich is retired faculty at the University of Houston-Downtown. Her most recent publications include ?...wearegoingtotakethat right: Power and Plagiarism in Pauline Hopkinss Winona ? in the College Language Association Journal and ?Pauline Hopkins and the Death of the Tragic Mulatta? in Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters . She lives in Houston, Texas. Details ISBN0820363146 Short Title Yours for Humanity Publisher University of Georgia Press Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 0820363146 ISBN-13 9780820363141 Format Hardcover Subtitle New Essays on Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Imprint University of Georgia Press Place of Publication Georgia Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2022-12-15 NZ Release Date 2022-12-15 UK Release Date 2022-12-15 Author Cherene Sherrard-Johnson Edited by JoAnn Pavletich DEWEY 813.4 Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 290 Publication Date 2022-12-15 Alternative 9780820363134 US Release Date 2022-12-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168559022;

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