Theories of Blackness |
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| Editor:
| Willoughby-Herard, Tiffany |
| ISBN: | 978-1-935551-41-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cognella, Inc.
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| Imprint: | Cognella Academic Publishing |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $106.95 |
Book Description:
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"Theories of Blackness: On Life and Death" provides a strikingly provocative collection of essays on critical issues relevant to understanding the construction and operation of Blackness, both historically and in the present. Framed throughout by Willoughby-Herard''s insightful commentary, the volume traverses a broad intellectual terrain, addressing Blackness as a complex formation deeply connected to and/or constitutive of gender, nationalism, feminism, rights, sexual violence,...
More Description "Theories of Blackness: On Life and Death" provides a strikingly provocative collection of essays on critical issues relevant to understanding the construction and operation of Blackness, both historically and in the present. Framed throughout by Willoughby-Herard''s insightful commentary, the volume traverses a broad intellectual terrain, addressing Blackness as a complex formation deeply connected to and/or constitutive of gender, nationalism, feminism, rights, sexual violence, transnationalism, and the sacred. The volume is a wonderful resource for students of Black politics across disciplines.- Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd, Associate Professor, Department of Women''s & Gender Studies, Rutgers University-New Brunswick and author of Gender, Race, and Nationalism in Contemporary Black PoliticsA timely text for students wishing to understand the collectivity, comprehensiveness, and complexity of Black experiences. Both provocative and probing, "Theories of Blackness" serves to expand the quality of discourse and debate about the continuing significance and intellectual implications of race and Blackness.- Professor James Jennings, Tufts University...a much needed sourcebook that artfully straddles many different disciplines including black radicalism, black internationalism, black feminism and sexuality. This wonderful textbook will be of value to any student or scholar interested in the question of how black people have survived and continued as a community or set of communities in the face of a formidable and implacable series of threats, aggressions and dangers.- Professor James Martel, San Francisco State University...presents a brilliant collection of essays that poignantly discuss and analyze how we imagine a state where Blackness, in its totality, is not only recognized but valued. ...among the most comprehensive works that render what is often invisible, visible--Blackness, its struggles, triumphs and diversity.- Professor Julia Jordan-Zachery, Director of Black Studies, Providence CollegeTheories of Blackness is a collection of essays that takes up questions of a central paradox surrounding black life and existence: What does it mean to have survived and how do we continue to investigate the wounds associated with white supremacy and enslavement as they continue? What is the nature of such a constrained and bitter survival and how do we give attention to our existence as black people?This text examines the problem of the characterization of blackness through Cedric Robinson''s notion of the "Invention of the Negro." The selected readings cover a wide range of topics, including white nationalism, the family, equality, liberation, and rights.
Theories of Blackness is an insightful and invaluable resource for instructors teaching introductory courses in African American Studies.The essays in
Theories of Blackness: On Life and Death*:
- Are united by a common concern that violence (very much including sexual violence), enforcement of the color line and other forms of extermination and subjugation be resisted and overturned by black people the world over.
- Address both overt forms of racism and racialized violence, as well as more subtle forms of identity and representational politics that threaten to make black people and their experience invisible both literally and figuratively.
- Look at how an engagement with political struggle, narrative, stories, song, film, and other forms of resistance have served to enhance and sustain the community of Africans and members of the African diaspora.
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As described by Professor James Martel, San Francisco State University.Theories of Blackness is part of a three book series specifically developed for African American studies programs. The other books in this series are:
A Historical Perspective of African Americans, edited by Bridget R. Cooks
Racial Theories in Context, edited by Jared Sexton