Race and sex across the French Atlantic : the color of Black in literary, philosophical, and theater discourse / / Frieda Ekotto

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955892403321
• Autore: Ekotto Frieda
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011
• ISBN: 979-82-16-22919-3; 1-283-59934-1; 9786613911797; 0-7391-4116-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (128 p.)
• Disciplina: 840.9
• Soggetti: French drama - 20th century - History and criticism; Literature and society; Race in literature; Sex in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1: The Blacks and the Whites: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Race between Lorraine Hansberry and Jean Genet; 2: Categorical Reason and Empire: Genet's Use of the N Word; 3: It's about the N Word; 4: Eroshima: The Meeting of the Black Man and the White Woman; Conclusion: The Angel of History; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Race and Sex across the French Atlantic is a critical reconceptualization of the contributions of France and the French-speaking world to race relations in the continental United States. Radically re-evaluating the work of French and Francophone cultural icons such as Jean Genet, Aime Cesaire, Frantz Fanon and Dany Laferriere, this book makes use of untapped historical archival records that link these writers to important African-American political activists and intellectuals such as Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin and the Black Panthers, and even to the white American writer Norman Mailer.