![]() 1 Despite the different approaches included in the work we find a feature that all the chapters of Souls have in common: Their poetic policy consists in the demarginalization of the colored race and the stress on African American identity. This book, probably the best-known of his many scientific and literary writings, features forays into autobiography, fiction, eulogy and even musicology. ![]() In The Souls of Black Folk, written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, we find an attempt to rectify one-sided historiography. It is a simple truth that history rarely presents us the whole picture: Facts may be distorted, specific times or events may be over- or underrepresented, or left out altogether. The present paper investigates the significance of African American identity in relation to the historical circumstances of the post-Reconstruction period. ![]() ![]() Black identity and “double consciousness”ĥ.1 The internal conflict of African Americansĥ.2 “Double consciousness” as a medical termĦ.2 Racism in historiography and the sciencesĦ.3 Stepping out of the Veil: Idealism v. Fatherhood, race and racism in “Of The Passing Of The First-Born”ĥ. A child of its time: The Souls of Black Folkģ. ![]()
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