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Half in Shadow - by Shanna Greene Benjamin (Paperback)
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- Nellie Y. McKay (1930-2006) was a pivotal figure in contemporary American letters.
- Author(s): Shanna Greene Benjamin
- 280 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
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"Nellie Y. McKay (1930-2006) was a pivotal figure in contemporary American letters. The author of several books, McKay is best known for coediting the canon-making Norton Anthology of African American Literature with Henry Louis Gates Jr., which helped secure a place for the scholarly study of Black writing that had been ignored by white academia. However, there is more to McKay's life and legacy than her literary scholarship. After her passing, new details about McKay's life emerged, surprising everyone who knew her. Why did McKay choose to hide so many details of her past? Shanna Greene Benjamin examines McKay's path through the professoriate to learn about the strategies, sacrifices, and successes of contemporary Black women in the American academy"--Book Synopsis
Nellie Y. McKay (1930-2006) was a pivotal figure in contemporary American letters. The author of several books, McKay is best known for coediting the canon-making Norton Anthology of African American Literature with Henry Louis Gates Jr., which helped secure a place for the scholarly study of Black writing that had been ignored by white academia. However, there is more to McKay's life and legacy than her literary scholarship. After her passing, new details about McKay's life emerged, surprising everyone who knew her. Why did McKay choose to hide so many details of her past? Shanna Greene Benjamin examines McKay's path through the professoriate to learn about the strategies, sacrifices, and successes of contemporary Black women in the American academy. Benjamin shows that McKay's secrecy was a necessary tactic that a Black, working-class woman had to employ to succeed in the white-dominated space of the American English department. Using extensive archives and personal correspondence, Benjamin brings together McKay's private life and public work to expand how we think about Black literary history and the place of Black women in American culture.Review Quotes
"Illustrating the challenges and exclusion often experienced by Black women in academia, Shanna Greene Benjamin has written this compelling and unexpected biography of Nellie Y. McKay, a formidable scholar of contemporary literature and women's studies."--Ms. Magazine
Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 7.7 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 280
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Theme: African American & Black
Format: Paperback
Author: Shanna Greene Benjamin
Language: English
Street Date: April 12, 2021
TCIN: 89005036
UPC: 9781469662534
Item Number (DPCI): 247-58-4318
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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