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The Homesteader: A Novel

Author
Oscar Micheaux
Series
African Library
Language
English
Length
440 pages
ISBN
9781787365629
Published
20 January 2023
Imprint
Sovereign
  • africa
  • african
  • black culture
  • black heritage
  • discrimination
  • racism
  • salvery
  • equality
  • inequality
  • race

Description

Oscar Micheaux's novel, The Homesteader, is a work of fiction that explores the complexities of racial identity in the early 20th century. Through its narrative structure and character development, the text offers a nuanced examination of how the concept of race was constructed and perpetuated through cultural and economic structures. At its core, the novel serves as an exploration into how racial identity can both challenge and affirm traditional understandings of power dynamics.

Author

Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) was an American novelist and the first major African-American feature filmmaker. Before the cameras, he wrote of homesteading and race in novels such as The Homesteader; then he turned those stories into independent 'race films' when Hollywood would not. Micheaux produced both silent and sound pictures, building a Black cinema by force of will.