Intersecting Souls: African American Identity in DuBois' The Souls of Black Folk (original) (raw)

Literature encapsulates the distinct traditions and values which delineate one's society; by the same token, books personify the various experiences and beliefs which characterize one's identity. Literary works, therefore, distinguish the ways in which individual identities influence how culture becomes an outward and definitive representation of an internalized and collective set of social ideals. African American literature, however, complicates the association between the arts, culture, and personal identities, for African American texts do not fully represent the communal principles which embody the black identity. This problem stems from the days of

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