The Blackness of Blackness... Reading the Typography of "Invisible Man"

This article reads the role of typography in Ralph Ellison's novel, "Invisible Man", and implicitly calls for attention to "scripts" in theatre studies. More specifically, the essay argues that the ellipses in "Invisible Man" play a role in our understanding of &qu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2005-12, Vol.57 (4), p.679-698
1. Verfasser:	Brody, Jennifer DeVere
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African American culture African Americans Blackness studies Blacks Concepts Ellipses Ellipsis Ellison, Ralph Ellison, Ralph (1914-1994) Experimental art Kushner, Tony Literary criticism Musical rhythm Novels Performance art Punctuation Theater Typesetting Typographies Typography Writers Writing
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Zusammenfassung:	This article reads the role of typography in Ralph Ellison's novel, "Invisible Man", and implicitly calls for attention to "scripts" in theatre studies. More specifically, the essay argues that the ellipses in "Invisible Man" play a role in our understanding of "the blackness of blackness," which is a key motif in the novel and in black performance in general.
ISSN:	0192-2882 1086-332X 1086-332X
DOI:	10.1353/tj.2006.0006