The Resource The racial imaginary : writers on race in the life of the mind, eds. Claudia Rankine, Beth Loffreda, and Max King Cap
The racial imaginary : writers on race in the life of the mind, eds. Claudia Rankine, Beth Loffreda, and Max King Cap
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The item The racial imaginary : writers on race in the life of the mind, eds. Claudia Rankine, Beth Loffreda, and Max King Cap represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "To think of creativity in terms of transcendence is itself specific and partial--a lovely dream perhaps, but an inhuman one. "It is not only white writers who make a prize of transcendence, of course. Many writers of all backgrounds see the imagination as a historical, as a generative place where race doesn't and shouldn't enter, a place of bodies that transcend the legislative, the economic--in other words, transcend the stuff that doesn't lend itself much poetry. In this view the imagination is postracial, a posthistorical and postpolitical utopia. . . . To bring up race for these writers is to inch close to the anxious space of affirmative action, the scarring qualifieds. "So everyone is here."--Claudia Rankine and Beth Loffreda, from the introduction In 2011, a poem published in a national magazine by a popular white male poet made use of a black female body. A conversation ensued, and ended. Claudia Rankine subsequently created Open Letter, a web forum for writers to relate the effects and affects of racial difference and to explore art's failure, thus far, to adequately imagine"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The racial imaginary : writers on race in the life of the mind
- Title
- The racial imaginary
- Title remainder
- writers on race in the life of the mind
- Statement of responsibility
- eds. Claudia Rankine, Beth Loffreda, and Max King Cap
- Subject
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- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Identity politics
- Identity politics
- Identity politics
- Poetics
- Poetics
- Poetics
- Poetry -- Black authors
- Poetry -- Black authors
- Poetry -- Black authors | History and criticism
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race relations in literature
- Race relations in literature
- Race relations in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "To think of creativity in terms of transcendence is itself specific and partial--a lovely dream perhaps, but an inhuman one. "It is not only white writers who make a prize of transcendence, of course. Many writers of all backgrounds see the imagination as a historical, as a generative place where race doesn't and shouldn't enter, a place of bodies that transcend the legislative, the economic--in other words, transcend the stuff that doesn't lend itself much poetry. In this view the imagination is postracial, a posthistorical and postpolitical utopia. . . . To bring up race for these writers is to inch close to the anxious space of affirmative action, the scarring qualifieds. "So everyone is here."--Claudia Rankine and Beth Loffreda, from the introduction In 2011, a poem published in a national magazine by a popular white male poet made use of a black female body. A conversation ensued, and ended. Claudia Rankine subsequently created Open Letter, a web forum for writers to relate the effects and affects of racial difference and to explore art's failure, thus far, to adequately imagine"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS228.R32
- LC item number
- R33 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Rankine, Claudia
- Loffreda, Beth
- Cap, Max King
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Race in literature
- Race relations in literature
- American literature
- Poetry
- African Americans in literature
- Poetics
- Identity politics
- African Americans in literature
- American literature
- Identity politics
- Poetics
- Poetry
- Race in literature
- Race relations in literature
- Label
- The racial imaginary : writers on race in the life of the mind, eds. Claudia Rankine, Beth Loffreda, and Max King Cap
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 027948755
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 285 pages
- Isbn
- 9781934200797
- Lccn
- 2015930807
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Label
- The racial imaginary : writers on race in the life of the mind, eds. Claudia Rankine, Beth Loffreda, and Max King Cap
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 027948755
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 285 pages
- Isbn
- 9781934200797
- Lccn
- 2015930807
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
Subject
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in literature
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Identity politics
- Identity politics
- Identity politics
- Poetics
- Poetics
- Poetics
- Poetry -- Black authors
- Poetry -- Black authors
- Poetry -- Black authors | History and criticism
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Race relations in literature
- Race relations in literature
- Race relations in literature
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