James Baldwin Review
Volume 3
Published on 8. November 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-1-5261-3133-1 (ISBN)
Description
The James Baldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal that brings together a wide array of peer-reviewed critical and creative work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin. In addition to these cutting-edge contributions, each issue contains a review of recent Baldwin scholarship and an award-winning graduate student essay. The James Baldwin Review publishes essays that invigorate scholarship on James Baldwin; catalyze explorations of the literary, political, and cultural influence of Baldwin's writing and political activism; and deepen our understanding and appreciation of this complex and luminary figure.
It is the aim of the James Baldwin Review to provide a vibrant and multidisciplinary forum for the international community of Baldwin scholars, students, and enthusiasts. -- .
It is the aim of the James Baldwin Review to provide a vibrant and multidisciplinary forum for the international community of Baldwin scholars, students, and enthusiasts. -- .
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-3133-1 (9781526131331)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Douglas Field is Professor of Twentieth Century American Literature at the University of Manchester
Justin A. Joyce is Research Associate at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Dwight A. McBride is Dwight A. McBride is Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia -- .
Justin A. Joyce is Research Associate at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Dwight A. McBride is Dwight A. McBride is Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia -- .
Content
Introduction: In medias res, A Moment of Silence - Justin A. Joyce
Essays
1 "Esther Weren't No Harlot": Rape and Marriage in Go Tell It on the Mountain - Porter Nenon
2 Errant Kinship, Traveling Song: James Baldwin's Just Above My Head - Jenny M. James
3 "Something Unspeakable": James Baldwin and the "Closeted-ness" of American Power - David C. Jones
4 James Baldwin, Lionel Trilling, American Studies, and the Freudian Tragic - Jay Garcia
5 Disturbing the Peace of "Two Not So Very Different" Countries: James Baldwin and Fritz Raddatz - Gianna Zocco
6 "Who's the Nigger Now?": Rhetoric and Identity in James Baldwin's Revolution from Within Davis W. Houck
Graduate Student Essay Award
7 Time to Tell - Dennis Ray Knight Jr.
Dispatches
8 The Process of Writing a Book about Baldwin's Self-Exile in Saint-Paul de Vence - Jules B. Farber
9 Queering I Am Not Your Negro: or Why We Need James Baldwin More Than Ever - Robert J. Corber
Multi-Media Feature
10 Remembering Sedat Pakay 1945-2016 - David Leeming and Magdalena J. Zaborowska
Bibliographic Essay
11 Trends in James Baldwin Criticism 2010-13 - D. Quentin Miller
Interview
12 "He Gave Me the Words": An Interview with Raoul Peck - Leah Mirakhor -- .
Essays
1 "Esther Weren't No Harlot": Rape and Marriage in Go Tell It on the Mountain - Porter Nenon
2 Errant Kinship, Traveling Song: James Baldwin's Just Above My Head - Jenny M. James
3 "Something Unspeakable": James Baldwin and the "Closeted-ness" of American Power - David C. Jones
4 James Baldwin, Lionel Trilling, American Studies, and the Freudian Tragic - Jay Garcia
5 Disturbing the Peace of "Two Not So Very Different" Countries: James Baldwin and Fritz Raddatz - Gianna Zocco
6 "Who's the Nigger Now?": Rhetoric and Identity in James Baldwin's Revolution from Within Davis W. Houck
Graduate Student Essay Award
7 Time to Tell - Dennis Ray Knight Jr.
Dispatches
8 The Process of Writing a Book about Baldwin's Self-Exile in Saint-Paul de Vence - Jules B. Farber
9 Queering I Am Not Your Negro: or Why We Need James Baldwin More Than Ever - Robert J. Corber
Multi-Media Feature
10 Remembering Sedat Pakay 1945-2016 - David Leeming and Magdalena J. Zaborowska
Bibliographic Essay
11 Trends in James Baldwin Criticism 2010-13 - D. Quentin Miller
Interview
12 "He Gave Me the Words": An Interview with Raoul Peck - Leah Mirakhor -- .