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Hope draped in black : race, melancholy, and the agony of progress / Joseph R. Winters.
Van Pelt Library E185.615 .W568 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winters, Joseph Richard, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
- The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race relations.
- Philosophy.
- United States--Race relations--Philosophy.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- African Americans--Race identity.
- African Americans.
- Race relations--Philosophy.
- Race relations--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 304 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Unreconciled strivings: Du Bois, the seduction of optimism, and the legacy of sorrow
- Unhopeful but not hopeless: melancholic interpretations of freedom and progress
- Hearing the breaks and cuts of history: Ellison, Morrison, and the uses of literary jazz
- Reel progress: race, film, and cinematic melancholy
- Figures of the postracial: race, nation, and violence in the age of Obama and Morrison.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822361534
- 0822361531
- 9780822361732
- 0822361736
- 9780822374084
- 0822374080
- OCLC:
- 919341902
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