George Yancy

Across Black Spaces

Essays and Interviews from an American Philosopher

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Produktbeschreibung

Across Black Spaces gathers a diverse array of essays and interviews by American philosopher George Yancy. Within this multidisciplinary framework are a series of public intellectual essays that drew international media acclaim for their spotlight on vicious racial tensions in American academia and society at large.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9781538131619
• ISBN-10: 1538131617
• Artikelnr.: 57748771

Autorenporträt

George Yancy is the Samuel Candler Dobbs professor of philosophy at Emory University and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College. He is also the University of Pennsylvania's inaugural fellow in the Provost's Distinguished Faculty Fellowship Program (spring semester of 2019-2020 academic year).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Writing While Black: Bearing the Weight of Public Witnessing Chapter
1: The Ugly Truth of Being a Black Professor in America Chapter 2:
Discussing the Backlash to "Dear White America" With Scott Jaschik at
Inside Higher Ed Chapter 3: Is White America Ready to Confront its Racism
and be in Crisis? With Alex Blasdel at The Guardian Chapter 4: Walking
While Black in the White Gaze Chapter 5: It Feels Like Being on Death Row
Chapter 6: Blackface: What Does it Says about White America? Chapter 7:
Look in the Disagreeable Mirror: Rethinking Black History for White People
Chapter 8: King's Dream or Trump's Nightmare? Chapter 9: Is Your God Dead?:
A Question from the Underground Chapter 10: Being a Dangerous Professor and
Refusing to be Adjusted Part 2 Untying Odysseus: Traversing Black
Philosophical Fragments Chapter 11: Philosophy as a Practice of Suffering
With H. A. Nethery Chapter 12: Musings: On Autobiography and Africana
Philosophy With Azuka Nzegwu Chapter 13: Thinking About Race, History, and
Identity With Maria del Guadalupe Davidson Part 3 Doing Philosophy in
Black: Foundational Traces and the Weight of the Present Chapter 14:
African-American Philosophy: Through the Lens of Socio-Existential Struggle
Chapter 15: Thomas Nelson Baker, Sr.: On the Power of Black Aesthetic
Ideals Chapter 16: Gilbert Haven Jones: Early Black Philosopher and
Educator Chapter 17: Joyce Mitchell Cook: Autobiographical and
Philosophical Fragments Chapter 18: The Pain and Promise of Being Black
Women in Philosophy With Anita L. Allen at "The Stone," New York Times
Chapter 19: Hateful Speech: The Perils of Being a Black Philosopher With
Brad Evans at "The Stone," New York Times Part 4 Meaning-Making and the
Generative Space of Black Performative Discourse Chapter 20: The Scholar
Who Coined the Term Ebonics: A Conversation with Robert L. Williams Chapter
21: Geneva Smitherman: The Social Ontology of African-American Language,
the Power of Nommo, and the Dynamics of Resistance and Identity Through
Language Chapter 22: Socially Grounded Ontology and Epistemological Agency:
James G. Spady's Search for the Marvelous/Imaginative Within the Expansive
and Expressive Domain of Rap Music and Hip Hop Self-Consciousness