Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.

"White scholars/African American texts" / Lisa A. Long -- "Naming the problem that led to the question 'Who shall teach African American literature?' ; or, Are we ready to disband the Wheatley court?" / Nellie Y. McKay -- Liberalism, authority, and authenticity : "theme for African American literature B" / Russ Castronovo -- "Race walks in the room : white teachers in Black studies" / John Ernest -- "Naming the problem embedded in the problem that led to the question 'Who shall teach African American literature?' ; or, Are we ready to discard the concept of authenticity altogether?" / Leslie W. Lewis -- "Turning impossibilities into possibilities : a white scholar of Black literature at Tuskegee" / Barbara A. Baker -- Training and working in the field : "Before positionality" / William L. Andrews -- "White scholars in African American literary circles : appropriation or cultural literacy?" / Venetria K. Patton -- "Knowing your 'stuff,' knowing yourself" / April Conley Kilinski and Amanda M. Lawrence -- "At close range : being Black and mentoring whites in African American studies" / Barbara McCaskill -- Beyond Black and white : "Faulty analogies-queer white critics reading African American texts" / Sabine Meyer -- "The colour of the critic : an intervention in the critical debate in African American theory on interpretive authority" / Nita N. Kumar -- "Between Rome, Harlem, and Harlan" / Alessandro Portelli -- "The stepsister and the clan : when the native teaches African American literature" / Ngwarsungu Chiwengo -- "Twelve years with Martin Delany : a confession" / Robert S. Levine -- "Master thoughts" / Dale M. Bauer -- "Writing about Gwendolyn Brooks anyway" / James D. Sullivan -- "Truth and talent in interpreting ethnic American autobiography : from white to Black and beyond" / Kimberly Rae Connor.

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