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

The politics of black joy Zora Neale Hurston and neo-abolitionism

"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stewart, Lindsey author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press 2021.
Subjects:
Hurston, Zora Neale
Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation.
African American philosophy.
Joy > Philosophy.
Joy > Political aspects > Southern States.
Southern States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009732639806719
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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