When Tom Gosset's Race: The History of an Idea in America appeared more than a generation ago, it explored the impact of race theory on literature in a way that anticipated the entire current scholarly discourse on the subject. Though it has gone out of print, it has never been rendered obsolete. Its reprinting is a boon to younger scholars in particular who are unfamiliar with its rich presentation of fact and its clear, efficient analysis, from which so much later theorizing has developed. With a new afterword by and about the author, and an introduction by series editors Arnold Rampersad and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, this edition should find a wide readership among young scholars and students working in African-American, literary, and cultural studies.
James C. Hall, University of Illinois at Chicago) Hall, James C. (Assistant Professor of English and African-American Studies, Assistant Professor of English and African-American Studies
Sandra Gunning, College of William and Mary) Gunning, Sandra (Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies, Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies, Sandra Gunning
Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Johns Hopkins University) Reid-Pharr, Robert F. (Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Program in Comparative American Cultures, Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Program in Comparative American Cultures
Maghan Keita, USA) Keita, Maghan (Assistant Professor and Director of the Department of Africana Studies, Assistant Professor and Director of the Department of Africana Studies, Villanova University
Anne Anlin Cheng, Berkeley) Cheng, Anne Anlin (Assistant Professor of English and American Literature, Assistant Professor of English and American Literature, University of California
Ashraf H. A. Rushdy, Wesleyan University) Rushdy, Ashraf H. A. (Associate Professor of African American Studies, Associate Professor of African American Studies, Ashraf H. a. Rushdy
Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Johns Hopkins University) Reid-Pharr, Robert F. (Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Program in Comparative American Cultures, Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Program in Comparative American Cultures
Anne Anlin Cheng, Berkeley) Cheng, Anne Anlin (Assistant Professor of English and American Literature, Assistant Professor of English and American Literature, University of California