{"product_id":"thinking-through-crisis-depression-era-black-literature-theory-and-politics-paperback","title":"Thinking Through Crisis: Depression-Era Black Literature, Theory, and Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Edward Ford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2020 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, Modern Language Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, MSA First Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Thinking Through Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, James Edward Ford III examines the works of Richard Wright, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and Langston Hughes during the 1930s in order to articulate a materialist theory of trauma. Ford highlights the dark proletariat's emergence from the multitude apposite to white supremacist agendas. In these works, Ford argues, proletarian, modernist, and surrealist aesthetics transform fugitive slaves, sharecroppers, leased convicts, levee workers, and activist intellectuals into protagonists of anti-racist and anti-capitalist movements in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking Through Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e intervenes in debates on the 1930s, radical subjectivity, and states of emergency. It will be of interest to scholars of American literature, African American literature, proletarian literature, black studies, trauma theory, and political theory.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Edward Ford III is Associate Professor of English at Occidental College. His writings on the aesthetics of black radicalism, black popular culture, and political theory have appeared in the journals \u003ci\u003eNovel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBiography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCultural Critique\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCollege Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Centennial Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eASAP Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and multiple edited collections. He is currently working on \"Phillis, the Black Swan: Disheveling the Origins\" and \"Hip-Hop's Late Style: Disheveling the Origins,\" two projects that rethink the origins and ends of black American cultural production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130246107271,"sku":"9780823286911","price":73.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5e145ba6ade4aa9a422510a9fb04c79f.webp?v=1732609523","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/thinking-through-crisis-depression-era-black-literature-theory-and-politics-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}