LEADER 03592nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910790354903321 005 20230801223352.0 010 $a1-280-69171-9 010 $a9786613668653 010 $a0-8135-5311-3 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813553115 035 $a(CKB)2670000000206684 035 $a(EBL)931660 035 $a(OCoLC)795120083 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001032857 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11592938 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001032857 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10992344 035 $a(PQKB)11366162 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC931660 035 $a(OCoLC)1016773849 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse45612 035 $a(DE-B1597)529085 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813553115 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL931660 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10569013 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL366865 035 $a(OCoLC)795331172 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000206684 100 $a20110919d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe sovereignty of quiet$b[electronic resource] $ebeyond resistance in Black culture /$fKevin Quashie 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (204 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-5309-1 311 $a0-8135-5310-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIntroduction: Why Quiet --$tPublicness, Silence, and the Sovereignty of the Interior --$tNot Double Consciousness but the Consciousness of Surrender --$tMaud Martha and the Practice of Paying Attention --$tQuiet, Vulnerability, and Nationalism --$tThe Capacities of Waiting, the Expressiveness of Prayer --$tConclusion: To Be One. 330 $aAfrican 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. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aAfrican Americans$xRace identity 606 $aIdentity (Psychology) in literature 606 $aGroup identity in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xRace identity. 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology) in literature. 615 0$aGroup identity in literature. 676 $a810.9/896073 700 $aQuashie$b Kevin Everod$0694120 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790354903321 996 $aThe sovereignty of quiet$93712186 997 $aUNINA