Williams Bianca C. Williams

Pursuit of Happiness (eBook, PDF)

Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Pursuit of Happiness Bianca C. Williams traces the experiences of African American women as they travel to Jamaica, where they address the perils and disappointments of American racism by looking for intimacy, happiness, and a connection to their racial identities. Through their encounters with Jamaican online communities and their participation in trips organized by Girlfriend Tours International, the women construct notions of racial, sexual, and emotional belonging by forming relationships with Jamaican men and other "e;girlfriends."e; These relationships allow the women to exercise agency and find happiness in ways that resist the damaging intersections of racism and patriarchy in the United States. However, while the women require a spiritual and virtual connection to Jamaica in order to live happily in the United States, their notion of happiness relies on travel, which requires leveraging their national privilege as American citizens. Williams's theorization of "e;emotional transnationalism"e; and the construction of affect across diasporic distance attends to the connections between race, gender, and affect while highlighting how affective relationships mark nationalized and gendered power differentials within the African diaspora.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822372134
• Artikelnr.: 54784575

Autorenporträt

Bianca C. Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. "Jamaica Crawled Into My Soul": Black Women, Affect, and the
Promise of Diaspora  1
Interlude  27
1. More Than a Groove: Pursuing Happiness as a Political Project  31
Interlude  63
2. "Giving Back" to Jamaica: Experiencing Community and Conflict While
Traveling with Diasporic Heart  65
Interlude  95
3. Why Jamaica? Seeking the Fantasy of a Black Paradise  99
Interlude  121
4. Breaking (It) Down: Gender, Emotional Entanglements, and the Realities
of Romance Tourism  123
Interlude  159
5. Navigating (Virtual) Jamaica: Online Diasporic Contact Zones  163
Interlude  185
Epilogue. Lessons Learned  187
Notes  197
Bibliography  209
Index  221