Ernest L Gibson

Salvific Manhood

James Baldwin's Novelization of Male Intimacy

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Produktbeschreibung

Ernest L. Gibson III offers a thematically daring and theoretically provocative way to understand the hidden connections between James Baldwin’s novels. Gibson presents a queering of salvation, a nuanced approach that views redemption through the lenses of gender and sexuality.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9781496229052
• ISBN-10: 1496229053
• Artikelnr.: 61382699

Autorenporträt

Ernest L. Gibson III is an associate professor of English and the director of Africana studies at Auburn University.    

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: In Search of the Fraternal
1. Wrestling for Salvation: Denial, Longing, and the Beauty of Brotherhood
in Go Tell It on the Mountain
2. Flight, Freedom, and Abjection: Fractured Manhood and Tragic Love in
Giovanni’s Room
3. Alone in the Absurd: The Trope of Tragic Black Manhood in Another
Country
4. Theatrics of Mask-ulinity: Radical Male Intimacy and Black Power in
Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone
5. Concrete Jungles and the Carceral: Exploring Confinement and
Imprisonment in If Beale Street Could Talk
Conclusion: Somewhere in That Wreckage
Notes
Bibliography
Index