The Resource Afropessimism, Frank B. Wilderson III
Afropessimism, Frank B. Wilderson III
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The item Afropessimism, Frank B. Wilderson III represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "In the tradition of Edward Said's Orientalism and Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks, Afropessimism is an unparalleled account of the non-analogous experience of being Black. A seminal work that strikingly combines groundbreaking philosophy with searing flights of memoir, Afropessimism presents the tenets of an increasingly influential intellectual movement that theorizes blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. Rather than interpreting slavery through a Marxist framework of class oppression, Frank B. Wilderson III, "a truly indispensable thinker" (Fred Moten), demonstrates that the social construct of slavery, as seen through pervasive, anti-black subjugation and violence, is hardly a relic of the past but an almost necessary force in our civilization that flourishes today, and that Black struggles cannot be conflated with the experiences of any other oppressed group. In mellifluous prose, Wilderson juxtaposes his seemingly idyllic upbringing in halcyon midcentury Minneapolis with the harshness that he would later encounter, whether in radicalized, late-1960s Berkeley or in the slums of Soweto. Following in the rich literary tradition of works by DuBois, Malcolm X and Baldwin, Afropessimism reverberates with wisdom and painful clarity in the fractured world we inhabit"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 352 pages
- Contents
-
- For Halloween I washed my face
- Juice from a neck bone
- Hattie McDaniel is dead
- Punishment Park
- The trouble with humans
- Mind the closing doors
- Mario's
- Epilogue: The new century
- Isbn
- 9781631496141
- Label
- Afropessimism
- Title
- Afropessimism
- Statement of responsibility
- Frank B. Wilderson III
- Subject
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- Wilderson, Frank B., III, 1956-
- Political activists
- Political activists -- United States -- Biography
- Racism
- trueRacism
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American Studies
- United States
- Wilderson, Frank B., III, 1956-
- African American college teachers
- trueAfrican American college teachers
- African American college teachers -- United States -- Biography
- African American intellectuals
- trueAfrican American intellectuals
- African American intellectuals -- Biography
- trueAfrican American political activists
- African American political activists -- Biography
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueAfrican Americans -- Identity
- African Americans -- Race identity
- African Americans -- Race identity
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers
- Biographies
- Black race -- Psychology
- Black race -- Psychology
- Black race -- Social conditions
- College teachers
- trueCollege teachers
- College teachers -- United States
- College teachers -- United States -- Biography
- trueIdentity
- trueInstitutional racism
- trueMarginalized people
- trueMarginalized people -- Social conditions
- Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the tradition of Edward Said's Orientalism and Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks, Afropessimism is an unparalleled account of the non-analogous experience of being Black. A seminal work that strikingly combines groundbreaking philosophy with searing flights of memoir, Afropessimism presents the tenets of an increasingly influential intellectual movement that theorizes blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. Rather than interpreting slavery through a Marxist framework of class oppression, Frank B. Wilderson III, "a truly indispensable thinker" (Fred Moten), demonstrates that the social construct of slavery, as seen through pervasive, anti-black subjugation and violence, is hardly a relic of the past but an almost necessary force in our civilization that flourishes today, and that Black struggles cannot be conflated with the experiences of any other oppressed group. In mellifluous prose, Wilderson juxtaposes his seemingly idyllic upbringing in halcyon midcentury Minneapolis with the harshness that he would later encounter, whether in radicalized, late-1960s Berkeley or in the slums of Soweto. Following in the rich literary tradition of works by DuBois, Malcolm X and Baldwin, Afropessimism reverberates with wisdom and painful clarity in the fractured world we inhabit"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10878129
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilderson, Frank B.
- Dewey number
-
- 378.1/2092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E185.97.W6128
- LC item number
- A3 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Wilderson, Frank B.
- African American intellectuals
- African American college teachers
- Black race
- Black race
- African Americans
- Political activists
- College teachers
- Racism
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American Studies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers
- Wilderson, Frank B.
- African American college teachers
- African American intellectuals
- African Americans
- Black race
- College teachers
- Political activists
- Racism
- United States
- Label
- Afropessimism, Frank B. Wilderson III
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- For Halloween I washed my face -- Juice from a neck bone -- Hattie McDaniel is dead -- Punishment Park -- The trouble with humans -- Mind the closing doors -- Mario's -- Epilogue: The new century
- Control code
- on1102470288
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631496141
- Lccn
- 2019051446
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1102470288
- Label
- Afropessimism, Frank B. Wilderson III
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- For Halloween I washed my face -- Juice from a neck bone -- Hattie McDaniel is dead -- Punishment Park -- The trouble with humans -- Mind the closing doors -- Mario's -- Epilogue: The new century
- Control code
- on1102470288
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631496141
- Lccn
- 2019051446
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1102470288
Subject
- Wilderson, Frank B., III, 1956-
- Political activists
- Political activists -- United States -- Biography
- Racism
- trueRacism
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American Studies
- United States
- Wilderson, Frank B., III, 1956-
- African American college teachers
- trueAfrican American college teachers
- African American college teachers -- United States -- Biography
- African American intellectuals
- trueAfrican American intellectuals
- African American intellectuals -- Biography
- trueAfrican American political activists
- African American political activists -- Biography
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueAfrican Americans -- Identity
- African Americans -- Race identity
- African Americans -- Race identity
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers
- Biographies
- Black race -- Psychology
- Black race -- Psychology
- Black race -- Social conditions
- College teachers
- trueCollege teachers
- College teachers -- United States
- College teachers -- United States -- Biography
- trueIdentity
- trueInstitutional racism
- trueMarginalized people
- trueMarginalized people -- Social conditions
- Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions
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