{"product_id":"black-existential-freedom-paperback","title":"Black Existential Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathalie Etoke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of slavery, colonization, subjugation, gratuitous violence, and the denial of basic human rights to people of African descent has led Afro-Pessimists to look at black existence through the lens of white supremacy and anti-blackness. Against this trend, \u003ci\u003eBlack Existential Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e argues that Blackness is not inherently synonymous with victimhood. Rather, it is inextricable from existential freedom and the struggle for political liberation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book presents an existential analysis of continental and diasporic African experiences through critical interpretations of music, film, and fiction that portray what it means to be human-- to persevere in the tension between life and physical, psychological, and social death--for the sake of freedom. With its transdisciplinary perspective and convergence of Africana existential philosophy, African-American Studies, Afro-French Studies, Diaspora Studies, and African studies, this book is not concerned with disciplinary boundaries or certain appropriations of European metaphysics that are committed to a reading of black \"non-being.\" \u003ci\u003eBlack Existential Freedom \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the continuities and discontinuities of black existence and the manifestations and the meanings of blackness within different countries, time periods, and social and political contexts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEtoke's book empowers the reader to understand and process the complexities of racialized identity in a globalized contemporary society. Ultimately, it is an ode to human survival and freedom.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathalie Etoke is associate professor of French and Africana studies at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Her book \u003ci\u003eMelancholia Africana\u003c\/i\u003e received the Frantz Fanon Book Award from the Caribbean Philosophical Association. In 2011, she made a documentary entitled \u003ci\u003eAfro Diasporic French Identities \u003c\/i\u003ethat\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexamines how the legacy of slavery and colonization challenges the republican ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51856191193376,"sku":"9781538173060","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/SHl6HZQWJo9781538173060.webp?v=1781548066","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-existential-freedom-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}