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A Tale of Many Stories : = Youth Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement, Connecting Past to Present (And Future) Through Literature.

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正題名/作者:	A Tale of Many Stories :/
其他題名:	Youth Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement, Connecting Past to Present (And Future) Through Literature.
作者:	Gazda, Antoinette M.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (210 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-03, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International84-03A.
標題:	American literature. -
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ISBN:	9798351447087

A Tale of Many Stories : = Youth Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement, Connecting Past to Present (And Future) Through Literature.
Gazda, Antoinette M.

A Tale of Many Stories :Youth Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement, Connecting Past to Present (And Future) Through Literature. - 1 online resource (210 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-03, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

The conventional narrative of the classical Civil Rights Movement (1954-1965) focuses on the performative power of charismatic adult leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, and Rosa Parks as primary arbiters of far-reaching social change. And while this dominant narrative endures, it only tells part of the story. In reality, a steadfast determination to achieve equality and justice for African Americans and much of the difficult work and sacrifices necessary to win that objective during the Civil Rights Movement fell upon children, upon youth participants, upon the next generation of Americans. These young people shared Dr. King's dream to be "free at last," but more importantly, they actively participated in the uphill battle to attain it.This project argues for an alternative view of the Civil Rights Movement, one that is less focused on adult contributions and more inclusive of stories about the era's youth participants and protesters, and thereby, disrupts the dominant civil rights narrative imbedded in American collective memory. This dissertation argues that literature-be it fiction, poetry, film, or life writing-offers readers intellectual opportunities that historical retellings cannot. To prove the point, in this work, I will be performing multi-genre analysis of select civil rights poetry, film, and life writing (as well as some cultural artifacts), theorizing issues found within them, and organizing literary pieces in three categories or threads important to civil rights movement youth: integration/desegregation, violence, and resilience. These assertions are important not only because realigning the adult-centric narrative gives long overdue recognition to a multitude of civil rights movement veterans, but also because their stories remain relevant to racial and social justice concerns facing our nation today. By its very nature, this project cannot help but engage civil rights history as a broader approach to the study of civil rights youth narratives. In this, historiographer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall's premise of the "Long Civil Rights Movement" serves as a flash point. Another historical analysis that informs this study includes W.H. Chafe's evaluation of race relations in Greensboro, North Carolina. Literary critics Julie Buckner Armstrong, Jeffrey Lamar Coleman, and Sharon Monteith provide valuable impetus to this project in their treatments of civil rights movement fiction, poetry, and film, respectively, as well as their calls to perpetuate conversations relating to them. Theoretical interpretations of specific literary works also abound and some most definitely aid my efforts. A few of note are Southern literature scholar Kathaleen Amende's analysis of Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi, Veronica T. Watson's white identity and violence analysis of Melba Pattillo Beals' memoir, Warriors Don't Cry, and Suzanne W. Jones' essay on childhood trauma and memory in Bebe Moore Campbell's Your Blues Ain't Like Mine. In addition, various African American authors and literary and cultural critics inform this study. A few individuals who operate as author-critic-theorists are James Baldwin, Angela Davis, W.E.B. Du Bois, bell hooks, Malcolm X, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Richard Wright, so I turn to their work to inform mine at strategic points in this project. As a corollary to my main argument, I am also advocating, through this dissertation, for a new, interdisciplinary framework or subgenre in African American literature: civil rights youth narratives. The transformative power of this body of literature heightens awareness and enlivens the historical record, while at the same time, gives collective voice to youth participants whose stories have either been relegated to the margins or scattered in obscurity. This dissertation is unique in that it not only challenges the dominant narrative and champions youth contributions to the movement, it also offers a means and methodology by which an alternative narrative and perhaps, improved worldview, can take shape and become real. My angle is to champion civil rights youth participants by studying their stories, increasing their visibility, and finally, allowing their voices to be heard.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798351447087Subjects--Topical Terms:

523234
American literature.
Subjects--Index Terms:

African American literatureIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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