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Being Apart: Theoretical and Existential Resistance in Africana Literature (Modern Language Initiative)
Larose T. Parris
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Hardcover. In Being Apart , LaRose Parris draws on traditional and radical Western theory to emphasize how nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africana thinkers explored the two principal existential themes of being and freedom prior to existentialism's rise to prominence in postwar European thought. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
In Being Apart, LaRose Parris draws on traditional and radical Western theory to emphasize how nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africana thinkers explored the two principal existential themes of being and freedom prior to existentialism's rise to prominence in postwar European thought. Emphasizing diasporic connections among the works of authors from the United States, the Caribbean, and the African continent, Parris argues that the ontological and phenomenological ruminations of writers such as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, Frantz Fanon, and Kamau Brathwaite not only challenge the assigned historical and epistemological marginality of ... Read more
In Being Apart, LaRose Parris draws on traditional and radical Western theory to emphasize how nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africana thinkers explored the two principal existential themes of being and freedom prior to existentialism's rise to prominence in postwar European thought. Emphasizing diasporic connections among the works of authors from the United States, the Caribbean, and the African continent, Parris argues that the ontological and phenomenological ruminations of writers such as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, Frantz Fanon, and Kamau Brathwaite not only challenge the assigned historical and epistemological marginality of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Modern Language Initiative
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813938127
SKU
V9780813938127
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About Larose T. Parris
LaRos E. T. Parris is Associate Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, USA.
Reviews for Being Apart: Theoretical and Existential Resistance in Africana Literature (Modern Language Initiative)
“This is an extraordinary work. Parris offers a de facto radical reading and metacritique of dialectical thought in an age of revolution, which leads to some spectacularly rich analyses throughout the volume. It is first-rate research, true erudition."" —Lewis Gordon, University of Connecticut