Afro-Pessimism and a Progressive Black Sexual Politics

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Afro-Pessimism and a Progressive Black Sexual Politics

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the era of American postracialism, a new theoretical line of thinking has emerged in black studies, drawing attention to the structural condition of black existence. Referred to as ?Afro-pessimism,? a term attributed to Frank B. Wilderson, III, this radical position theorizes blackness as being outside the boundaries of humanity, i.e., being antagonistic to it. In this paper, I discuss black feminists? engagement with the theory of Afro-pessimism. First, I analyze its theoretical elaboration in the works of Saidiya V. Hartman and Hortense J. Spillers, two black feminist thinkers who have been categorized as Afro-pessimists. Then I attempt to read Patricia Hill Collins?s proposal for a new progressive black sexual politics as a possible means of engagement with the above theory, arguing that despite her focus on liberation, Collins shares some Afro-pessimist insights.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Afro-Pessimism and a Progressive Black Sexual Politics

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the era of American postracialism, a new theoretical line of thinking has emerged in black studies, drawing attention to the structural condition of black existence. Referred to as ?Afro-pessimism,? a term attributed to Frank B. Wilderson, III, this radical position theorizes blackness as being outside the boundaries of humanity, i.e., being antagonistic to it. In this paper, I discuss black feminists? engagement with the theory of Afro-pessimism. First, I analyze its theoretical elaboration in the works of Saidiya V. Hartman and Hortense J. Spillers, two black feminist thinkers who have been categorized as Afro-pessimists. Then I attempt to read Patricia Hill Collins?s proposal for a new progressive black sexual politics as a possible means of engagement with the above theory, arguing that despite her focus on liberation, Collins shares some Afro-pessimist insights.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AJ - Písemnictví, mas–media, audiovize

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA13-26975S" target="_blank" >GA13-26975S: Literární kritika černého feminismu</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Anglophone Studies

ISBN

978-80-7454-538-2

ISSN

1805-9899

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

236

Strana od-do

179-190

Název nakladatele

Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

Místo vydání

Zlín

Místo konání akce

Zlin

Datum konání akce

4. 9. 2014

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

Kód UT WoS článku

000373410100014