Next to the Color Line: Gender, Sexuality, and W. E. B. Du Bois (Critical American Studies) - Softcover

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9780816647231: Next to the Color Line: Gender, Sexuality, and W. E. B. Du Bois (Critical American Studies)
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ISBN 10: 0816647232 ISBN 13: 9780816647231
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007

Synopsis

Although W. E. B. Du Bois did not often pursue the connections between the “Negro question” that defined so much of his intellectual life and the “woman question” that engaged writers and feminist activists around him, Next to the Color Line argues that within Du Bois’s work is a politics of juxtaposition that connects race, gender, sexuality, and justice.This provocative collection investigates a set of political formulations and rhetorical strategies by which Du Bois approached, used, and repressed issues of gender and sexuality. The essays in Next to the Color Line propose a return to Du Bois, not only to reassess his politics but also to demonstrate his relevance for today’s scholarly and political concerns.Contributors: Hazel V. Carby, Yale U; Vilashini Cooppan, U of California, Santa Cruz; Brent Hayes Edwards, Rutgers U; Michele Elam, Stanford U; Roderick A. Ferguson, U of Minnesota; Joy James, Williams College; Fred Moten, U of Southern California; Shawn Michelle Smith, St. Louis U; Mason Stokes, Skidmore College; Claudia Tate, Princeton U; Paul C. Taylor, Temple U.Susan Gillman is professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Alys Eve Weinbaum is associate professor of English at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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Synopsis

Du Bois (1868-1963) is known today mostly for his theory of the race concept and the problem of the color line, but here scholars of literature and African American studies show how gender and sexuality were integral to his concerns. Their topics include inter-racial romance and black internationalism, race and desire in Dark Princess: A Romance, h

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Alys Eve Weinbaum is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816647232
ISBN 13 
9780816647231
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
416
Editor
Gillman Susan, Weinbaum Alys

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