Politics and Affect in Black Women''s Fiction

This book offers original readings of classic and contemporary black texts, highlighting the pain of racism and love-based strategies of antiracist resistance. Kathy Glass gives sustained attention to the impact of racist affect on the black body and how black women writers deploy emotional states to move readers to progressive political action.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Love-Driven Politics in Frances Harper's "The Two Offers"
Chapter Two: "Do Unto Others": De-Racializing the Golden Rule in Julia Collins's The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride
Chapter Three: Nella Larsen's Spiritual Strivings
Chapter Four: On Blackness and Longing in Danzy Senna's Caucasia
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

By Kathy Glass

Summary

This book offers original readings of classic and contemporary black texts, highlighting the pain of racism and love-based strategies of antiracist resistance. Kathy Glass gives sustained attention to the impact of racist affect on the black body and how black women writers deploy emotional states to move readers to progressive political action.

Product details

• Authors: Kathy Glass, Kathy L. Glass
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498538398
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3839-8
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: Philosophy of Race; Philosophy of Race
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works