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A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America
Corey D. B. Walker
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Description for A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America
hardcover. A critical investigation into the associational culture of African American freemasonry Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
A Noble Fight examines the metaphors and meanings behind the African American appropriation of the culture, ritual, and institution of freemasonry in navigating the contested terrain of American democracy. Combining cultural and political theory with extensive archival research--including the discovery of a rare collection of nineteenth-century records of an African American Freemason Lodge--Corey D. B. Walker provides an innovative perspective on American politics and society during the long transition from slavery to freedom.
A Noble Fight examines the metaphors and meanings behind the African American appropriation of the culture, ritual, and institution of freemasonry in navigating the contested terrain of American democracy. Combining cultural and political theory with extensive archival research--including the discovery of a rare collection of nineteenth-century records of an African American Freemason Lodge--Corey D. B. Walker provides an innovative perspective on American politics and society during the long transition from slavery to freedom.
With great care and detail, Walker argues that African American freemasonry provides a critical theoretical lens for understanding the distinctive ways African Americans have constructed a radically democratic ... Read more
Mapping the discursive logics of the language of freemasonry as a metaphoric rendering of American democracy, this study interrogates the concrete forms of an associational culture, revealing how paradoxical aspects of freemasonry such as secrecy and public association inform the production of particular ideas and expressions of democracy in America.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252033650
SKU
V9780252033650
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About Corey D. B. Walker
Corey D. B. Walker is an assistant professor in the department of Africana Studies at Brown University.
Reviews for A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America
“Recommended.”
Choice "An astounding reinterpretation of the roots of the black Masonic movement."
The Journal of American History "A valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between Masonic cultural and institutional forms and the struggle for democracy among African Americans."
Journal of African American Studies
Choice "An astounding reinterpretation of the roots of the black Masonic movement."
The Journal of American History "A valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between Masonic cultural and institutional forms and the struggle for democracy among African Americans."
Journal of African American Studies