The evidence of things not said : James Baldwin and the promise of American democracy /

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The Evidence of Things Not Said employs the rich essays of James Baldwin to interrogate the politics of race in American democracy. Lawrie Balfour advances the political discussion of Baldwin's work, and regards him as a powerful political thinker whose work deserves full consideration. Baldwin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Balfour, Katharine Lawrence, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 > Political and social views.
Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987.
Baldwin, James.
Politics and literature > United States > History and criticism.
Political fiction, American > History and criticism.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Democracy in literature.
Racism in literature.
Politique et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Politique-fiction américaine > Histoire et critique.
Noirs américains > Politique et gouvernement.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Relations raciales dans la littérature.
Racisme dans la littérature.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Political and social views.
Political fiction, American.
Politics and literature.
Politische Literatur
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Evidence of Things Not Said employs the rich essays of James Baldwin to interrogate the politics of race in American democracy. Lawrie Balfour advances the political discussion of Baldwin's work, and regards him as a powerful political thinker whose work deserves full consideration. Baldwin's essays challenge appeals to race-blindness and formal but empty guarantees of equality and freedom. They undermine white presumptions of racial innocence and simultaneously refute theories of persecution that define African Americans solely as innocent victims. Unsettling fixed categories, Baldwin's essays construct a theory of race consciousness that captures the effects of racial identity in everyday experience. Balfour persuasively reads Baldwin's work alongside that of W.E.B. Du Bois to accentuate how double consciousness works differently on either side of the color line. She contends that the allusiveness and incompleteness of Baldwin's essays sustains the tension between general claims about American racial history and the singularity of individual experiences. The Evidence of Things Not Said establishes Baldwin's contributions to democratic theory and situates him as an indispensable voice in contemporary debates about racial injustice.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index.
ISBN:9781501720819
1501720813

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