The politics of black joy : Zora Neale Hurston and neo-abolitionism / / Lindsey Stewart

• Autore: Stewart Lindsey (LIndsey L.)
• Pubblicazione: Evanston, Illinois : , : Northwestern University Press, , 2021; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetto topico: African American philosophy; Joy - Philosophy; Joy - Political aspects - Southern States
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: The Trouble of Black Southern Joy -- "I Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You -- "Sing[ing] a Song to the Morning": The Politics of Joy -- "The Past and the Future Merge to Meet Us Here" -- "An Object of Pity": Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the Rise of Abolitionism -- "She Don't Gotta Give It Up, She Professional" -- "Tak[ing] the Indian Position": Hurston within and against the Abolitionist Tradition -- "Slay Trick, or You Get Eliminated" -- "Winning [Our] War from Within": Moving beyond Resistance -- Conclusion: The Politics of Joy in the Time of the Coronavirus.
• Sommario/riassunto: "In the Politics of Black Joy, Lindsey Stewart develops Hurston's contributions to political theory and philosophy of race by introducing the politics of joy as a refusal of neoabolitionism, a political tradition that reduces southern Black life to tragedy or social death"--
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of black joy
• ISBN: 0-8101-4411-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910682540003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II