The Politics of Black Joy Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism /

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"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
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stewart, Lindsey (LIndsey L.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Joy > Philosophy.
Joy > Political aspects > Southern States.
African American philosophy.
Joie > Philosophie.
Joie > Aspect politique > États-Unis (Sud)
Philosophie noire américaine.
PHILOSOPHY / General
Southern States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Anthologies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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