Technical Difficulties (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: June Jordan
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Essays
- Principal Characters: Granville Ivanhoe Jordan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, Mike Tyson
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, Essays, Social issues
- Subjects: African Americans, Power, personal or social, Class conflict, Politics, Race, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, Class consciousness, American Dream, Rape, Feminism, Single parents or single-parent families, Liberalism, Sexual harassment, Equality, Ethics, Idealism, Government, Disasters, Earthquakes, Natural disasters, Censorship, Central America or Central Americans, Citizenship, Constitutional law, Democracy, Enlightenment, Humanism, Speeches
Form and Content
In 1981, June Jordan published her first collection of essays, Civil Wars: Selected Essays 1963–1980, a pioneering volume described by the publisher as the first book of political essays to be published by a black woman in the United States. Perhaps best known as a poet and anthologist/critic, Jordan has also been very active politically as a commentator, teacher, organizer, and witness. Despite her national reputation, she has never had the kind of forum available to political writers who are less critical of conventionally accepted ideas and...
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