The Knick tells the story of a New York hospital in the early twentieth century. It spotlights technological breakthroughs that profoundly changed the daily lives of New Yorkers, as well as the sociological realities that divided the population along social, racial, and gender lines. Focusing on the African-American doctor Algernon Edwards, this article studies the description of racial tensions in the context of the writings and career of one of the period’s leading African-American intellectuals: W.E.B. Du Bois.
CLIL theme: 3157 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Sciences de l'information et de la communication
ISBN:978-2-406-11500-7
EAN:9782406115007
ISSN: 2780-0377
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-11500-7.p.0083
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 03-29-2021
Periodicity: Biannual
Language: French
Keyword: The Knick, W.E.B. Du Bois, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, André Holland, Steven Soderbergh, African-American, race, double consciousness, pan-Africanism, Talented Tenth