El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz or Malcolm X: The Construction of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz's Religious Identity in Composition Readers
During the revival of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz's image in the late 1980s and early 1990s, composition anthologies known as readers began to heavily anthologize sections from The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This article analyzes how Shabazz has been constructed in readers by examining three popu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-43 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
X, Malcolm 1925-1965
/ Depiction
/ Anthology
/ Civil rights movement
/ Islam
/ History 1985-1995
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBQ North America TK Recent history ZF Education ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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| Summary: | During the revival of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz's image in the late 1980s and early 1990s, composition anthologies known as readers began to heavily anthologize sections from The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This article analyzes how Shabazz has been constructed in readers by examining three popular examplesThe Conscious Reader, Rereading America, and The Prose Reader. I argue that readers tend to focus on Shabazz's political image as a civil rights leader while ignoring how his evolving religious viewpoints influenced his political views. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.3.1.0031 |