On Compiling a Selective Bibliography of “The White Negro”

Authors

  • Jason Mosser Georgia Gwinnett College Author

Keywords:

The White Negro, bibliography, the hipster, critical reception, race, James Baldwin

Abstract

2017 marked the sixty-year anniversary of the publication of Norman Mailer’s essay “The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster,” announcing the emergence of his new existential hero, the “philosophical psychopath,” a Nietzschean ubermensch who re-evaluated all traditional American values to create his own system. Widely read and cited since the time of its initial publication in Dissent, “The White Negro” continues to assert its relevance and to antagonize its detractors. This analysis identifies particularly relevant bibliographic references for Mailer’s seminal work.

Author Biography

  • Jason Mosser, Georgia Gwinnett College

    Jason Mosser is a Professor of English at Georgia Gwinnett College, the first new liberal arts college in the 21st century. He earned his BA and MA from West Virginia University and his PhD from the University of Georgia. His book on New Journalism, including a chapter on Mailer’s The Armies of the Night, was published in 2012. He has also published articles on Mailer and on Hunter S. Thompson, and is currently at work on a literary journalistic piece about West Virginia.

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Published

2017-10-26

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Mosser, Jason. “On Compiling a Selective Bibliography of ‘The White Negro’”. The Mailer Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Oct. 2017, pp. 204–207, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/622.