The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger

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The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger is a 1969 satirical novel by Cecil Brown that follows an African American expatriate in Europe navigating race, identity, and sexuality with biting humor and social critique.

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The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger canonical 1

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
addresses American racial politics ⓘ
European perceptions of African Americans ⓘ
racism ⓘ
stereotypes of Black masculinity ⓘ
associatedWith Black Arts Movement ⓘ
author Cecil Brown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores commodification of Blackness ⓘ
conflicts between American and European racial attitudes ⓘ
performance of racial identity ⓘ
follows an African American expatriate in Europe ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasProtagonistTrait ironic observer of society ⓘ
self-conscious about race ⓘ
sexually adventurous ⓘ
hasSubject African American expatriates ⓘ
cross-cultural relationships ⓘ
sexual liberation ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod postmodern literature ⓘ
literaryStyle humor ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social critique ⓘ
mainCharacter George Washington ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor exploration of Black expatriate experience ⓘ
provocative title ⓘ
period 1960s ⓘ
publicationDecade 1960s American novels ⓘ
publicationYear 1969 ⓘ
setting Denmark ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme cultural displacement ⓘ
exile ⓘ
identity ⓘ
interracial relationships ⓘ
race ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
tone biting ⓘ
comic ⓘ
irreverent ⓘ

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Cecil Brown (novelist) → notableWork → The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger ⓘ
subject linked to: Cecil Brown