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The politics of Black joy : Zora Neale Hurston and neo-abolitionism / Lindsey Stewart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Lindsey (Lindsey L.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hurston, Zora Neale.
- African American philosophy.
- Joy--Political aspects--Southern States.
- Joy.
- Joy--Philosophy.
- Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism and interpretation.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Philosophy.
- Southern States.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 200 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Scene 1 "I Ain't Thinkin' `Bout You"
- ch. 1 "Sing[ing] a Song to the Morning": The Politics of Joy
- Scene 2 "The Past and the Future Merge to Meet Us Here"
- ch. 2 "An Object of Pity": Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the Rise of Abolitionism
- Scene 3 "She Don't Gotta Give It Up, She Professional"
- ch. 3 "Tak[ing] the Indian Position": Hurston within and against the Abolitionist Tradition
- Scene 4 "Slay Trick, or You Get Eliminated"
- ch. 4 "Winning [Our] War from Within": Moving beyond Resistance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780810144132
- 0810144131
- 9780810144118
- 0810144115
- OCLC:
- 1228637547
- Publisher Number:
- 99988393284
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