{"product_id":"bigger-a-literary-life-hardcover","title":"Bigger: A Literary Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTrudier Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA biography of \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e's Bigger Thomas that examines his continued relevance in debates over Black men and the violence of racism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bigger Thomas, the central figure in Richard Wright's novel \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), eludes easy categorization. A violent and troubled character who rejects the rules of society, Bigger is both victim and perpetrator, damaged by racism and segregation on the South Side of Chicago, seemingly raping and killing without regrets. His story has electrified readers for more than eight decades, and it continues to galvanize debates around representation, respectability, social justice, and racism in American life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, distinguished scholar Trudier Harris examines the literary life of Bigger Thomas from his birth to the current day. Harris explores the debates between Black critics and Communist artists in the 1930s and 1940s over the \"political novel,\" the censorship of \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e by white publishers, and the work's initial reception--as well as interpretations from Black feminists and Black Power activists in the decades that followed, up to the novel's resonance with the Black Lives Matter movement today. Bigger, Harris argues, represents the knotted heart of American racism, damning and unsettling, and still very much with us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrudier Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is J. Carlyle Sitterson Distinguished Professor of English, emerita, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and University Distinguished Research Professor of English, emerita, University of Alabama. She is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eFrom Mammies to Militants: Domestics in Black American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Scary Mason-Dixon Line: African American Writers and the South\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Tuscaloosa, AL.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.77 x 5.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51747707683104,"sku":"9780300269321","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/734e567a5f007225d595987a95234354.webp?v=1779899448","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bigger-a-literary-life-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}