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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : A political companion to James Baldwin [Texte électronique] / edited by Susan J. McWilliams
Publication : Lexington (Ky.) : The university press of Kentucky, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (426 pages)
Collection : Political companions to great American authors
Lien à la collection : Political companions to great American authors (Online)
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Acclaimed author and social critic James Baldwin (1924-1987) maintained that all
American literature is intrinsically bound to the nation's social history and that
all American writers are products of its political system. In seminal works such as
Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, and The Fire Next Time, he expresses
his profound belief that writers have the power to transform society, to engage the
public, and to inspire and channel conversation to achieve lasting change. While Baldwin
is best known for his writings on racial consciousness and injustice, he is also one
of the country's most eloquent theorists of democratic life and the national psyche.
In A Political Companion to James Baldwin, a group of prominent scholars assess the
prolific author's relevance to present-day political challenges. Together, they address
Baldwin as a democratic theorist, activist, and citizen, examining his writings on
the civil rights movement, religion, homosexuality, and women's rights. They investigate
the ways in which his work speaks to and galvanizes a collective American polity,
and explore his views on the political implications of individual experience in relation
to race and gender. This volume not only considers Baldwin's works within their own
historical context, but also applies the author's insights to recent events such as
the Obama presidency and the Black Lives Matter movement, emphasizing his faith in
the connections between the past and present. These incisive essays will encourage
a new reading of Baldwin that celebrates his significant contributions to political
and democratic theory."--Back cover
Autre(s) auteur(s) : McWilliams, Susan Jane (1977-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Baldwin, James (1924-1987) -- Pensée politique et sociale
Politique et littérature
Indice(s) Dewey :
801.3 (23e éd.) = Littérature - Fonction, signification, influence
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780813169910. - ISBN 0813169917. - ISBN 9780813169927 (erroné). - ISBN 9780813169934
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45591917b
Notice n° :
FRBNF45591917
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction / / Susan J. McWilliams ; ; Part I. Collective consciousness and community.
"A. most disagreeable mirror" : race consciousness as double consciousness / / Lawrie
Balfour ; ; The. race of a more perfect union : James Baldwin, segregated memory,
and the presidential race / / P.J. Brendese ; ; James Baldwin and the politics of
disconnection / / Susan J. McWilliams ; ; What William F. Buckley Jr. did not understand
about James Baldwin : on Baldwin's politics of freedom / / Nicholas Buccola ; ; Part
II. Prophecy, religion, and truth.. Baldwin, prophecy, and politics / / George Shulman
; ; The. negative political theology of James Baldwin / / Vincent Lloyd ; ; Go tell
it on the mountain : James Baldwin and the politics of faith / / Wilson Carey McWilliams
; ; Part III. The individual life, the interior life, the unexamined life.. Socrates
in a different key : James Baldwin and race in America / / Joel Alden Schlosser ;
; Crossing identitarian lines : women's liberation and James Baldwin's early essays
/ / Brian Norman ; ; "Where the people can sing, the poet can live" : James Baldwin,
pragmatism, and cosmopolitan humanism / / Ulf Schulenberg ; ; Baldwin's individualism
and critique of property / / Jack Turner ; ; Part IV. Violence and vision.. James
Baldwin on violence and disavowal / / Lisa Beard ; ; James Baldwin and Black Lives
Matter / / Eddie S. Glaude Jr. ; ; "Tell him I'm gone" : on the margins in High-Tech
City / / Rachel Brahinsky.
