Matthew Henson And The Antinomies Of Racial Uplift
Matthew Henson's 1912 memoir, A Negro Explorer at the North Pole, seems to adopt a vindicationist discourse of work, merit, and recognition that accords with Booker T. Washington's vision for racial progress, but Henson's narrative actually demonstrates how such a discourse inadequate...
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| Online Access: | https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-english-lit/104 https://doi.org/10.1353/abs.2012.0001 https://works.swarthmore.edu/context/fac-english-lit/article/1103/viewcontent/Matthew_Henson_and.pdf https://works.swarthmore.edu/context/fac-english-lit/article/1103/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/fac_english_lit_104_accessible.docx |
| Summary: | Matthew Henson's 1912 memoir, A Negro Explorer at the North Pole, seems to adopt a vindicationist discourse of work, merit, and recognition that accords with Booker T. Washington's vision for racial progress, but Henson's narrative actually demonstrates how such a discourse inadequately resolves the complex tangle of race, masculinity, and citizenship during the Jim Crow era. |
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