Good–by Columbus: Public Culture in An Age After Empire
Henry Louis Gates
Thursday, 14 Feb 1991 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Henry Louis Gates is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of English at Duke University. He has fought for broader representation of non-European cultures in university curricula and an emphasis on the contribution of women. His books include Figures in Black: Words, Signs and the "Racial" Self and Black Literature and Literary Theory. He also taught at Harvard and Cornell Universities.Part of the National Affairs Series.
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