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Eric Porter - Problem Of The Future World - 9780822348085 - V9780822348085
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Problem Of The Future World

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Description for Problem Of The Future World Paperback. A significant reassessment of the mid-twentieth-century writings of W. E. B. Du Bois, emphasizing their relevance to contemporary theories of race and racism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
The Problem of the Future World is a compelling reassessment of the later writings of the iconic African American activist and intellectual W. E. B. Du Bois. As Eric Porter points out, despite the outpouring of scholarship devoted to Du Bois, the broad range of writing he produced during the 1940s and early 1950s has not been thoroughly examined in its historical context, nor has sufficient attention been paid to the theoretical interventions he made during those years. Porter locates Du Bois's later work in relation to what he calls the first postracial moment. He suggests that Du ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822348085
SKU
V9780822348085
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About Eric Porter
Eric Porter is Professor of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of What Is This Thing Called Jazz? African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists.

Reviews for Problem Of The Future World
Covering such issues as WW II, Pan-Africanism, and feminism, Porter is successful in explaining the broad import of Du Bois's later work. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. - Y. Kiuchi, Choice Eric Porter is highly aware that today the late Du Bois is neither deeply studied nor particularly well regarded. He agrees that the great man's later work ... Read more

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