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Article: W. Lawrence Hogue. The African American Male, Writing, and Difference: A Polycentric Approach to African American Literature, Criticism, and History.(Book Review)
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- African American Review
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- December 22, 2004
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W. Lawrence Hogue. The African American Male, Writing, and Difference: A Polycentric Approach to African American Literature, Criticism, and History. Albany: SUNY P, 2003.291 pp. $29.95.
In the 11 chapters that comprise The African American Male, Writing, and Difference, W. Lawrence Hogue pursues texts written by African American male writers of the twentieth century who have not only been "neglected," but who have figured in literature and history, particularly within the cultural networks of normative definitions and European and American institutions, as non-agential, passive, romantic objects defined by the values and aesthetics of the white and African ...