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==Awards and honors== |
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*2016 [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] (Autobiography), winner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/business/the-sellout-wins-national-book-critics-circles-fiction-award.html |title=‘The Sellout’ Wins National Book Critics Circle’s Fiction Award |work=[[New York Times]] | |
*2016 [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] (Autobiography), winner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/business/the-sellout-wins-national-book-critics-circles-fiction-award.html |title=‘The Sellout’ Wins National Book Critics Circle’s Fiction Award |work=[[New York Times]] |first=Alexandra|last=Alter |date=March 17, 2016 |accessdate=March 18, 2016}}</ref> |
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*June 2016, chosen as a ''[[Book of the Week]]'' by [[BBC Radio 4]]. |
*June 2016, chosen as a ''[[Book of the Week]]'' by [[BBC Radio 4]]. |
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Revision as of 01:48, 7 October 2016
| Author | Margo Jefferson |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir, non-fiction |
| Published | 2015 |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 248 pp[1] |
Negroland: A Memoir is a 2015 memoir book by Margo Jefferson.[1][2][3][4][5]
Overview
A memoir of writer Margo Jefferson growing up in 1950s and 1960s America within a small, privileged segment of black American society known as the black bourgeoisie, cf African-American upper class.
Awards and honors
- 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography), winner.[6]
- June 2016, chosen as a Book of the Week by BBC Radio 4.
Context
Other books which discuss similar issues include E. Franklin Frazier's sociological Black Bourgeoisie (first edition in English in 1957 translated from the 1955 French original) and Lawrence Otis Graham’s 2000 book, Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class.
References
- ^ a b c Smith, Tracy K. (September 15, 2015). "Margo Jefferson's 'Negroland: A Memoir'". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ Garner, Dwight (September 10, 2015). "Review: 'Negroland,' by Margo Jefferson, on Growing Up Black and Privileged". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ "Privilege And Pressure: A Memoir Of Growing Up Black And Elite In 'Negroland'". NPR. September 8, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ Carducci, Vince (October 19, 2015). "Coming of Age in Negroland". PopMatters. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ Carroll, Rebecca (September 9, 2015). "Margo Jefferson reveals life inside the black elite in 'Negroland'". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Alter, Alexandra (March 17, 2016). "'The Sellout' Wins National Book Critics Circle's Fiction Award". New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
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