Date of Award
5-3-2007
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Margaret Harper - Chair
Second Advisor
Dr. Christopher Kocela
Third Advisor
Dr. Daniel Black
Abstract
This thesis analyzes James Baldwin's essays as a method for understanding racial identity and authenticity. By using Vetta Sanders-Thompson's racial identification parameters, I suggest that Baldwin's struggle with his identity as a black American is crucial to deposing the idea of a monolithic black experience, which opens up new ways of analyzing African American literature.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1059477
Recommended Citation
Walker, Natasha N., "An Erratic Performance: Constructing Racial Identity and James Baldwin." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2007.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1059477