Affective intellectuals and the space of catastrophe in the Americas
Most importantly, the book shows how literature constitutes an alternative public sphere for Black people. In a society largely controlled by white supremacist actors and institutions, Black authors have conjured fiction into a space where hard questions can be asked and answered and where the work...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University Press
2018
Columbus : [2018] |
| Series: | Global Latin/o Americas.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434677506719 |
| Summary: | Most importantly, the book shows how literature constitutes an alternative public sphere for Black people. In a society largely controlled by white supremacist actors and institutions, Black authors have conjured fiction into a space where hard questions can be asked and answered and where the work of combatting collective, racist suppression can occur without replicating oppressive hierarchies. Intimate Antagonisms uncovers a key theme in Black fiction and argues that literature itself is a vital institutional site within Black life. Through the examination of intimate conflicts in a wide array of twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels, Blake demonstrates the centrality of intraracial relations to the complexity and vision of Black social movements and liberation struggles and the power and promise of Black narrative in reshaping struggle. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (148 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814254950 9780814276501 |
| Access: | Online access |
