Negroland: A Memoir

Negroland: A Memoir

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award

Winner of the Heartland Prize

A New York Times Notable Book
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One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Time Out New York, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Kansas City Star, Menâ€™s Journal, Oprah.comÂ

Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson was born in 1947 into upper-crust black Chicago. Her father was head of pediatrics at Provident Hospital, while her mother was a socialite. In these pages, Jefferson takes us into this insular and discerning society: â€œI call it Negroland,â€ she writes, â€œbecause I still find â€˜Negroâ€™ a word of wonders, glorious and terrible.â€

Negrolandâ€™s pedigree dates back generations, having originated with antebellum free blacks who made their fortunes among the plantations of the South. It evolved into a world of exclusive sororities, fraternities, networks, and clubsâ€”a world in which skin color and hair texture were relentlessly evaluated alongside scholarly and professional achievements, where the Talented Tenth positioned themselves as a third race between whites and â€œthe masses of Negros,â€ and where the motto was â€œAchievement. Invulnerability. Comportment.â€ At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac, Negroland is a landmark work on privilege, discrimination, and the fallacy of post-racial America.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 44467509
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-08-23
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780307473431

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Vintage
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	44467509
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-08-23
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780307473431

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