Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy

This book explores how vernacular practices created within Black American diasporic cultures via narratives, the blues, jazz, work songs, and other expressive forms, can be understood as philosophy in their own right.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Performative Utterance
Chapter 2: How to Slip the Yoke: The Black (W)Hole Ritual
Chapter 3: Searching for the Black Difference: Black Philosophy and Redemption Songs
Chapter 4: A Critique of Black Philosophy: Rethinking Black Philosophical Re-appropriations of Humanism
Chapter 5: No More Redemption Songs: The Black Difference and Alterity
Conclusion

About the author

Devonya N. Havis is associate professor of philosophy at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY.

Product details

• Authors: Devonya N. Havis
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2022
• EAN: 9781498530149
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3014-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Philosophy of Race
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Ethnic Studies, History of Ideas, Philosophy, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Modern philosophy: since c 1800, Feminism & feminist theory, Relating to African American people, Black & Asian Studies