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Book SynopsisThe African American at the end of the nineteenth century was described by W E B Du Bois as two souls in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. In the United States today, the hyphen between these two souls-African and American, African-American-is still being negotiated. This book deals with this topic.
Trade Review"Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is a unique voice of courage and conceptual ambition that addresses public life from the perspective of psychic reality, encouraging us to acknowledge the solidarity and the suffering through which we emerge as subjects of freedom." -Homi K. Bhabha "Spivak has probably done more long-term political good in pioneering feminist and postcolonial studies within global academia than almost any of her theoretical colleagues."-Terry Eagleton "Not only does her world-renowned scholarship range widely from critiques of postcolonial discourse to feminism, Marxism, and globalization, her lifelong search for fresh insights and understanding has transcended the traditional boundaries of discipline while retaining the fire for new knowledge that is the hallmark of a great intellect."-Lee Bollinger, Columbia University"
