03592nam 2200721Ia 450 991079035490332120230801223352.01-280-69171-997866136686530-8135-5311-310.36019/9780813553115(CKB)2670000000206684(EBL)931660(OCoLC)795120083(SSID)ssj0001032857(PQKBManifestationID)11592938(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001032857(PQKBWorkID)10992344(PQKB)11366162(MiAaPQ)EBC931660(OCoLC)1016773849(MdBmJHUP)muse45612(DE-B1597)529085(DE-B1597)9780813553115(Au-PeEL)EBL931660(CaPaEBR)ebr10569013(CaONFJC)MIL366865(OCoLC)795331172(EXLCZ)99267000000020668420110919d2012 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe sovereignty of quiet[electronic resource] beyond resistance in Black culture /Kevin QuashieNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20121 online resource (204 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-5309-1 0-8135-5310-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Why Quiet --Publicness, Silence, and the Sovereignty of the Interior --Not Double Consciousness but the Consciousness of Surrender --Maud Martha and the Practice of Paying Attention --Quiet, Vulnerability, and Nationalism --The Capacities of Waiting, the Expressiveness of Prayer --Conclusion: To Be One.African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores quiet as a different kind of expressiveness, one which characterizes a person’s desires, ambitions, hungers, vulnerabilities, and fears. Quiet is a metaphor for the inner life, and as such, enables a more nuanced understanding of black culture. The book revisits such iconic moments as Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and Elizabeth Alexander’s reading at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama. Quashie also examines such landmark texts as Gwendolyn Brooks’s Maud Martha, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, and Toni Morrison’s Sula to move beyond the emphasis on resistance, and to suggest that concepts like surrender, dreaming, and waiting can remind us of the wealth of black humanity.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismTheory, etcAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican AmericansRace identityIdentity (Psychology) in literatureGroup identity in literatureAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismTheory, etc.African AmericansIntellectual life.African AmericansRace identity.Identity (Psychology) in literature.Group identity in literature.810.9/896073Quashie Kevin Everod694120MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790354903321The sovereignty of quiet3712186UNINA