In Hope Draped in Black Joseph R. Winters responds to the belief that America follows a constant trajectory of racial progress, using African American literature and film to construct an idea of hope that embraces melancholy in order to acknowledge and mourn America's traumatic history.
In Hope Draped in Black Joseph R. Winters responds to the belief that America follows a constant trajectory of racial progress, using African American literature and film to construct an idea of hope that embraces melancholy in order to acknowledge and mourn America's traumatic history.
Joseph R. Winters is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Unreconciled Strivings: Du Bois, the Seduction of Optimism, and the Legacy of Sorrow 31 2. Unhopeful but Not Hopeless: Melancholic Interpretations of Progress and Freedom 57 3. Hearing the Breaks and Cuts of History: Ellison, Morrison, and the Uses of Literary Jazz 85 4. Reel Progress: Race, Film, and Cinematic Melancholy 137 5. Figures of the Postracial: Race, Nation, and Violence in the Age of Obama and Morrison 187 Conclusion 237 Notes 253 Select Bibliography 287 Index 297
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Unreconciled Strivings: Du Bois, the Seduction of Optimism, and the Legacy of Sorrow 31 2. Unhopeful but Not Hopeless: Melancholic Interpretations of Progress and Freedom 57 3. Hearing the Breaks and Cuts of History: Ellison, Morrison, and the Uses of Literary Jazz 85 4. Reel Progress: Race, Film, and Cinematic Melancholy 137 5. Figures of the Postracial: Race, Nation, and Violence in the Age of Obama and Morrison 187 Conclusion 237 Notes 253 Select Bibliography 287 Index 297
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