How a preoccupation with charismatic leadership in African American culture has influenced literature from World War I to the present

Using the term "exodus politics" to theorize the valorization of black male leadership in the movement for civil rights, Robert J. Patterson explores the ways i

An innovative examination of American society, culture, and politics, The Age of Charisma argues that the modern relationship between American leaders and follo

This book examines Toni Morrison’s fiction as a sustained effort to challenge the dominant narratives produced in the white supremacist political imaginary an

The postwar period witnessed an outpouring of white life novels--that is, texts by African American writers focused almost exclusively on white characters. Almo