Blackademic Life

Examines academic fictions produced by black writers. Lavelle Porter evaluates the depiction of academic and campus life in literature as a space for black writers to produce counter-narratives that celebrate the potentials of black intelligence and argue for the importance of black higher education, particularly in the humanistic tradition.

Examineaza fictiunile academice produse de scriitorii negri. Lavelle Porter evalueaza descrierea vietii academice si a campusului in literatura ca un spatiu pentru scriitorii negri pentru a produce contra-naratiuni care sarbatoresc potentialul inteligentei negre si care sustin importanta invatamantului superior negru, in special in traditia umanista.