Beyond Ontological Blackness: An Essay on African American Religious and Cultural Criticism (The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Bloomsbury Academic Collections)
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- Synopsis
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In this study, the author traces instances of "ontological blackness" in African American theological, religious, and cultural thought, arguing that African American critical thought has been trapped in racial rhetoric that it did not create and which cannot serve it well.
Drawing together 18th- and 19th-century accommodationism and its assimilationist heirs with the movements of Black Power and Afrocentrism, the author shows that all exhibit a similar structure of racial identity. He suggests that it is time to move beyond the confines of "the cult of black heroic genius" to what Bell Hooks has termed "postmodern blackness:" a racial discourse that leaves room to negotiate African American identities along lines of class, gender, sexuality, and age as well as race.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 184 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781474287661
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Date of Addition:
- 05/24/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Victor Anderson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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