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English

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2016

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Winters Joseph R. Winters

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Duke University Press

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Duke University Press

Date de parution

20 mai 2016

EAN13

9780822374084

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

14 Mo

In Hope Draped in Black Joseph R. Winters responds to the enduring belief that America follows a constant trajectory of racial progress. Such notions-like those that suggested the passage into a postracial era following Barack Obama's election-gloss over the history of racial violence and oppression to create an imaginary and self-congratulatory world where painful memories are conveniently forgotten. In place of these narratives, Winters advocates for an idea of hope that is predicated on a continuous engagement with loss and melancholy. Signaling a heightened sensitivity to the suffering of others, melancholy disconcerts us and allows us to cut against dominant narratives and identities. Winters identifies a black literary and aesthetic tradition in the work of intellectuals, writers, and artists such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and Charles Burnett that often underscores melancholy, remembrance, loss, and tragedy in ways that gesture toward such a conception of hope. Winters also draws on Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno to highlight how remembering and mourning the uncomfortable dimensions of American social life can provide alternate sources for hope and imagination that might lead to building a better world.

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Publié par

Duke University Press

Date de parution

20 mai 2016

EAN13

9780822374084

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

14 Mo

H O P E D R A P E D I N B L A C K

THE RELI GI OUS CULTURES OF AFRI CAN AND AFRI CAN DI ASPORA PEOPLE SERI ES EDI TORS: J ACOB K. OLUPONA, HARVARD UNI VERSI TY DI ANNE M. STEWART, EMORY UNI VERSI TY AND TERRENCE L. J OHNSON, GEORGETOWN UNI VERSI TY The book serîes examînes the relîgîous, cultural, and polîtîcal expressîons o Arîcan, Arîcan Amerîcan, and Arîcan Carîbbean tradîtîons. Through transnatîonal, cross-cultural, and multîdîscîplînary approaches to the study o relîgîon, the serîes învestîgates the epîstemîc boundarîes o contînental and dîasporîc relîgîous practîces and thought and explores the dîverse and dîstînct ways Arîcan-derîved relîgîons înorm culture and polîtîcs. The serîes aîms to establîsh a orum or îmagînîng the centralîty o black relîgîons în the ormatîon o the “New World.”

H O P E D R A P E D I N B L A C K

Race, Melancholy, and the Agony of Progress

J O S E P H R . W I N T E R S

D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S Sd u r h a m a n d l o n d o n2 0 1 6

Lîbrary o Congress Cataogîng-în-Pubîcatîon Data Names: Wînters, Joseph Rîchard, [date]–author. Tîte: Hope draped în back : race, meanchoy, and the agony o progress / Joseph R. Wînters. Other tîtes: Reîgîous cutures o Arîcan and Arîcan dîaspora peope. Descrîptîon: Durham : Duke Unîversîty Press, . | Serîes: The reîgîous cutures o Arîcan and Arîcan dîaspora peope | Incudes bîbîographîca reerences and îndex. Identîﬁers: lccn isbn (hardcover : ak. paper) isbn (pbk. : ak. paper) isbn (e-book) Subjects:lcsh: Unîted States—Race reatîons—Phîosophy. | Unîted States—Race reatîons—Poîtîca aspects. | Racîsm— Unîted States. | Arîcan Amerîcans—Race îdentîty—Unîted States. | Arîcan Amerîcans—Unîted States. Cassîﬁcatîon: lcc e185.615 .w568 2016 | ddc.—dc lcrecord avaîabe at http://ccn.oc.gov/

Duke Unîversîty Press grateuy acknowedges the support o The Barney Jones Endowment Fund, whîch provîded unds toward the pubîcatîon o thîs book.

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Joseph Wînters ( my ather )

Angeetta Wînters ( my grandmother )

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Lawrence Smîth ( my grandather )

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Acknowedgmentsix

Introductîon1

C O N T E N T S

one.Unreconcîed Strîvîngs: Du Boîs, the Seductîon o Optîmîsm, and the Legacy o Sorrow31

two.Unhopeu but Not Hopeess: Meanchoîc Interpretatîons o Progress and Freedom57

three.Hearîng the Breaks and Cuts o Hîstory: Eîson, Morrîson, and the Uses o Lîterary Jazz85

four.Ree Progress: Race, Fîm, and Cînematîc Meanchoy137

five.Fîgures o the Postracîa: Race, Natîon, and Vîoence în the Age o Obama and Morrîson187

Concusîon237

Notes253

Seect Bîbîography287

Index297

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A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S

I have been thînkîng about the themes o meanchoy, remembrance, and trauma or a whîe. Part o my învestment can be traced back to persona experîences and osses; another source o thîs înterest îs my îmmersîon în Arîcan Amerîcan îterature and cuture and my passîon or crîtîca and îterary theory. Thîs book îs motîvated by a suspîcîon that many o our înﬂuentîa narratîves, îmages, and cutura symbos mînîmîze the întensîty o oss and înjury în our word. More specîﬁcay, thîs project îs anîmated by the dangers and îmîtatîons o înterpretîng back reedom strugges and the egacy o racîsm wîthîn ogîcs o progress and natîona exceptîona-îsm. My sense îs that a dîferent kînd o hope and set o possîbîîtîes emerge through meanchoy, remembrance, and a heîghtened understandîng o hîs-tory’s tragîc eatures. I competed the penutîmate drat o thîs book a month beore the Fer-guson uprîsîng and the re-emergence o the Back Lîves Matter movement. Whîe tîme and space dîd not permît me to wrîte about thîs însurgent set o practîces, strugges, and aspîratîons, much o my anaysîs resonates wîth the concerns and overa energy o thîs movement. Thîs book îs aso

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