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Thinking While Black : Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation / Daniel McNeil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McNeil, Daniel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Race identity.
- Black people--Great Britain--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Black people.
- Black people--Intellectual life.
- Black people--Race identity.
- Popular culture--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Between the Lines, [2022]
- Summary:
- An interdisciplinary study of the lives and careers of Black cultural critics Armond White and Paul Gilroy.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Praise for Thinking While Black
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- 1. Theories in Motion: Mapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation
- Armond White and Global African American Studies
- Paul Gilroy and the Ambivalence of Community
- Living Memory and a “Soulful Style”
- 2. Black and British: A Lived Contradiction
- “How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?”
- Militancy, Boldness, and Despair
- Media, Culture, and Sport
- What Is This “Black” in the Union Jack?
- Diaspora, Utopia, and the Critique of Capitalism
- Denounced as a Heretic
- 3. A Movie-Struck Kid from Detroit: Going Deeper into Movies
- “One Class Conscious Worker Is Worth One Hundred Students”
- An American American at the Movies
- Portrait of the Critic as a Young Man
- American Existentialism
- 4. Slave-Descendants, Diaspora Subjects, and World Citizens: Paul Gilroy’s Historical Sensibility
- Threatening Pleasures
- Small Acts: Thoughts on the Politics of Black Cultures
- The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness
- 5. Enlarging The American Cinema: Armond White vs. the Straight Middle-Class White World (and the Black Bourgeoisie)
- The City Sun and The American Cinema Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: McNeil, Daniel Thinking While Black
- ISBN:
- 9781771136082
- OCLC:
- 1347023608
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