The politics of Black joy : Zora Neale Hurston and neo-abolitionism /

In the Politics of Black Joy, Lindsey Stewart develops Hurston's contributions to political theory and philosophy of race by introducing the politics of joy as a refusal of neoabolitionism, a political tradition that reduces southern Black life to tragedy or social death.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stewart, Lindsey (LIndsey L.) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
Subjects:	Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation. African American philosophy. Joy > Political aspects > Southern States. Joy > Philosophy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Trouble of Black Southern Joy
"I Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You
"Sing[ing] a Song to the Morning": The Politics of Joy
"The Past and the Future Merge to Meet Us Here"
"An Object of Pity": Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the Rise of Abolitionism
"She Don't Gotta Give It Up, She Professional"
"Tak[ing] the Indian Position": Hurston within and against the Abolitionist Tradition
"Slay Trick, or You Get Eliminated"
"Winning [Our] War from Within": Moving beyond Resistance
Conclusion: The Politics of Joy in the Time of the Coronavirus.