Frank B. Wilderson, III
Auteur de Afropessimism
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Frank B. Wilderson
Œuvres de Frank B. Wilderson, III
Afro-Pessimism: An Introduction 4 exemplaires
The Prison Slave as Hegemony's (Silent) Scandal 2 exemplaires
Sideways Between Stories 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Wilderson, Frank B., III
- Date de naissance
- 20th Century
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Professions
- African American Studies professor, University of California, Irvine
Membres
Critiques
Afropessimism par Frank Wilderson III
A deeply thoughtful personal book about being a black citizen in the world. Afropessimism involves a philosophy the Blacks are useful tools as victims of not just Whites but all other races and ethnicities. In the book he refers to Blacks as Slaves and the others as Humans. Humans are people but slaves are merely implements to be used by Humans. Wilderson mines his personal experiences as evidence for his contentions. You may or may not believe the author's thesis but it is definitely food for thought.… (plus d'informations)
It is normal for drivers to judge whether they can through a yellow light before it turns red. It is not normal to be stopped at a red light with a car racing towards you playing chicken with your rear end. For the author life is always a game of chicken where the results are real and life threatening. The descriptive writing takes you along in his journey called living.
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bemislibrary | 1 autre critique | Jul 5, 2020 |
bemislibrary | 1 autre critique | Jul 5, 2020 | 
A riveting memoir written in part in South Africa during apartheid and also part in the US. Wilderson really details the anti-apartheid movement, and how the radical (as always) ideas were sold out to mainstream economic viewpoints. He also writes about social issues in the US, being with white women and living as a black man in a racial society.
1 lemontwist | 1 autre critique | Jan 31, 2010 |
lemontwist | 1 autre critique | Jan 31, 2010 | Listes
South End Press (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 295
- Popularité
- #79,435
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 19
- Langues
- 2