Fear of Black consciousness / Lewis R. Gordon.

Title:

ISBN:

9780374159023

Personal Author:

Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962-

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.

Physical Description:

276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Prologue -- Introduction: Struggling to breathe -- Part I. Bound : 1. Feared -- 2. Blackened -- 3. Erased; or, "I don't see race" -- Part II. Race-making and racism : 4. Race-making -- 5. Racism intersected -- 6. Privilege, luxury, license -- 7. Trans but not transcended -- Part III. Political realities : 8. Five kinds of invisibility -- 9. Black consciousness is political -- 10. Black consciousness in Wakanda -- Part IV. Even when black and blue : 11. Blue -- 12. Valued.

Summary:

"In this original and penetrating work, Lewis R. Gordon, one of the leading scholars of Black existentialism and anti-Blackness, takes the reader on a journey through the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the many creative responses from Black and non-Black communities in contemporary struggles for dignity and freedom"-- Provided by publisher

Subject Term:

Black people -- Race identity

Genre:

OCLC Number:

on1246143329

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