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The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism

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An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. More information about the initiative and links to the open-access version can be found at... and During the antebellum period, slave owners weaponized southern Black joy to argue for enslavement, propagating images of “happy darkies.” In contrast, abolitionists wielded sorrow by emphasizing racial oppression. Both arguments were so effective that a political uneasiness on the subject still lingers. In The Politics of Black Joy, Lindsey Stewart...

Keyword:

Frederick Douglass, racial violence, Zora Neale Hurston, southern mythmaking, emancipatory politics, Black joy, segregation, public sphere, and W. E. B. Du Bois

Subject:

Philosophy and Literary criticism

Creator:

Stewart, Lindsey

Owner:

Kirsten Markusic

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press

Date Uploaded:

03/16/2023

Date Modified:

03/16/2023

Date Created:

2021

Resource Type:

Book

Alternate Identifier:

Cloth ISBN 978-0-8101-4411-8, eBook ISBN 978-0-8101-4412-5, and Paper ISBN 978-0-8101-4413-2