Race, Ralph Ellison and American Cold War Intellectual Culture

1. Introduction: From Popular Fronts to Liberal Conspiracies
Richard Purcell

2. Figura of a Negro Problem
Richard Purcell

3. Ellison From the Heart of Europe
Richard Purcell

4. 1965 and the Battle Over Who Spoke for the Negro
Richard Purcell

5. An Integrative Vernacular
Richard Purcell

6. Conclusion: Ellison, Obama and Post-Race Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Richard Purcell

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Cultural Studies, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Literary History, Social History, Modern History