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Negritude has been defined by Leopold Sedar Senghor as "the sum of the cultural values of the black world as they are expressed in the life, the institutions, and the works of black men." Sylvia Washington Ba analyzes Senghor's poetry to show how the concept of negritude infuses it at every level. A biographical sketch describes his childhood in Se



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Table of Contents, pg. ix*Chapter I. From the Sine to the Seine, pg. 1*Chapter II. The Experience of Negritude: Exile and the Kingdom, pg. 27*Chapter III. The Basis of Negritude: Black African Ontology, pg. 44*Chapter IV. The Expression of Negritude: Black African PsychophysioIogy, pg. 74*Chapter V. The Fundamental Traits of Negritude: Rhythm and Imagery, pg. 110*Chapter VI. The Future of Negritude: The "Civilization of the Universal", pg. 152*Translations of Selected Poems, pg. 181*Glossary, pg. 281*Bibliography, pg. 291*Index, pg. 299

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691618937, 978-0691618937
      ISBN10: 0691618933

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Negritude has been defined by Leopold Sedar Senghor as "the sum of the cultural values of the black world as they are expressed in the life, the institutions, and the works of black men." Sylvia Washington Ba analyzes Senghor's poetry to show how the concept of negritude infuses it at every level. A biographical sketch describes his childhood in Se



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Table of Contents, pg. ix*Chapter I. From the Sine to the Seine, pg. 1*Chapter II. The Experience of Negritude: Exile and the Kingdom, pg. 27*Chapter III. The Basis of Negritude: Black African Ontology, pg. 44*Chapter IV. The Expression of Negritude: Black African PsychophysioIogy, pg. 74*Chapter V. The Fundamental Traits of Negritude: Rhythm and Imagery, pg. 110*Chapter VI. The Future of Negritude: The "Civilization of the Universal", pg. 152*Translations of Selected Poems, pg. 181*Glossary, pg. 281*Bibliography, pg. 291*Index, pg. 299

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