James Baldwin : living in fire / Bill Mullen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullen, Bill, 1959- author.

Series:

Revolutionary lives.

Revolutionary lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.

Baldwin, James.

African American authors--Biography.

African American authors.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 230 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Living in fire

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [2019]

Summary:

"In the first major biography of Baldwin in more than a decade, Bill V. Mullen celebrates the personal and political life of the great African-American writer who changed the face of Western politics and culture. As a lifelong anti-imperialist, black queer advocate, and feminist, Baldwin (1924-1987) was a passionate chronicler of the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, the U.S. war against Vietnam, Palestinian liberation struggle, and the rise of LGBTQ rights. Mullen explores how Baldwin's life and work channel the long history of African-American freedom struggles, and explains how Baldwin both predicted and has become a symbol of the global Black Lives Matter movement."-- ǂc Title details screen.

Contents:

Preface: James Baldwin

A Revolutionary For Our Time

1. Baptism by Fire: Childhood and Youth, 1924-42

2. Dissidence, Disillusionment, Resistance: 1942-48

3. Political Exile and Survival: 1948-57

4. Paying His Dues: 1957-63

5. Baldwin and Black Power, 1963-68

6. Morbid Symptoms and Optimism of the Will: 1968-79

7. Final Acts

Postscript: Baldwin's Queer Legacies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-216) and index.

Description based on print version record and online resource.

ISBN:

1-78680-496-4