{"product_id":"9781138963832","title":"The Art of the Black Essay (Studies in African American History and Culture)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Art of the Black Essay unveils the power of the African American essay to bring about a meditative shift in the minds of readers, to catapult them beyond racial ideology - by immersing them in it - and to elicit in them, ultimately, democratic change. This title outlines the specific tools of the trade, literary techniques through which the democratization process works: the uncanny, meditative moment of transcendency. This title also describes a psychological journey experienced by the essayist him\/herself. Essay writing or life-writing is the vehicle to release the pull of ideology - the root of the \"hierarchy of race\" idea. In this book, the author makes a clear distinction between race as biology and race as ideology in order to align race with the culture, values, traditions and art of a people. The Art of theBlack Essay shows how African American essayists have transcended the pull of two cultural identities and achieved democratic change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45418252566607,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":2310.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9174\/2287\/files\/9781138963832-1.jpg?v=1780454040","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781138963832","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}