Reconsidering Roots (Since 1970: Histories of Contemporary America Series): Race, Politics, and Memory

by Kellie Carter Jackson (Editor), Erica L. Ball (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2017

  $36.93

  Invites readers to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley's 1976 book was a publishing sensation, winning a National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize. The 1977 TV adaptation earned thirty-eight Emmy nominations. These essays interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery.