The Resource Shades of black, Nathalie Etoke ; translated by Gila Walker
Shades of black, Nathalie Etoke ; translated by Gila Walker
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The item Shades of black, Nathalie Etoke ; translated by Gila Walker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
- Summary
- "One might say that the womb of death, the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonization, gave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her point of departure, Nathalie Etoke examines Black existence today in her riveting new book, Shades of Black. In a white supremacist world, Black bodies hold a specific position, invested with a range of meaning that maintains them in a fixed role, with a script they did not write. The white world has invented and defined the Black person according to its own interests, endowing her with a bereaved humanity. The Black person is confronted with an essential paradox: exist as Black or as a human being? Does the Black person exist for herself or for the other? In the white world, is the Black race the embodiment of a sub-humanity? Situated at the crossroads of three countries (Cameroon, France, and, now, the United States) Nathalie Etoke is uniquely positioned for this polyphonic reflection on race. She examines what happens when race obliterates historical, social, cultural, and political differences among populations of African descent from different parts of the world. Focusing on recent and ongoing topics in the United States, including the murder of George Floyd, police brutality, the complex symbolism of Barack Obama and Kamala Harris, Etoke explores the relations of violence, oppression, dispossession, and inequalities that have brought us here, face to face with these existential questions: Are you breathing? Are we breathing?"-- Publisher's description
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 134 pages
- Note
- Originally written in French as Nuances du noir
- Contents
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- Prologue: Living in black and white
- To be situated
- Shades of black: ADOS versus black non-descendants of American slavery
- Decolonizing freedom
- Epilogue: The futile of black agony
- Isbn
- 9780857428530
- Label
- Shades of black
- Title
- Shades of black
- Statement of responsibility
- Nathalie Etoke ; translated by Gila Walker
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "One might say that the womb of death, the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonization, gave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her point of departure, Nathalie Etoke examines Black existence today in her riveting new book, Shades of Black. In a white supremacist world, Black bodies hold a specific position, invested with a range of meaning that maintains them in a fixed role, with a script they did not write. The white world has invented and defined the Black person according to its own interests, endowing her with a bereaved humanity. The Black person is confronted with an essential paradox: exist as Black or as a human being? Does the Black person exist for herself or for the other? In the white world, is the Black race the embodiment of a sub-humanity? Situated at the crossroads of three countries (Cameroon, France, and, now, the United States) Nathalie Etoke is uniquely positioned for this polyphonic reflection on race. She examines what happens when race obliterates historical, social, cultural, and political differences among populations of African descent from different parts of the world. Focusing on recent and ongoing topics in the United States, including the murder of George Floyd, police brutality, the complex symbolism of Barack Obama and Kamala Harris, Etoke explores the relations of violence, oppression, dispossession, and inequalities that have brought us here, face to face with these existential questions: Are you breathing? Are we breathing?"-- Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Etoke, Nathalie
- Dewey number
- 305.896
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the French
- LC call number
- E185.625
- LC item number
- .E86513 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Walker, Gila
- Series statement
- Quilombola!
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Black race
- Black people
- Black people
- African Americans
- Race relations
- Africa
- Race relations
- Civilization
- Blacks
- African Americans
- Black race
- Blacks
- Africa
- Label
- Shades of black, Nathalie Etoke ; translated by Gila Walker
- Note
- Originally written in French as Nuances du noir
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Living in black and white -- To be situated -- Shades of black: ADOS versus black non-descendants of American slavery -- Decolonizing freedom -- Epilogue: The futile of black agony
- Control code
- on1242740544
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 134 pages
- Isbn
- 9780857428530
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Shades of black, Nathalie Etoke ; translated by Gila Walker
- Note
- Originally written in French as Nuances du noir
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Living in black and white -- To be situated -- Shades of black: ADOS versus black non-descendants of American slavery -- Decolonizing freedom -- Epilogue: The futile of black agony
- Control code
- on1242740544
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 134 pages
- Isbn
- 9780857428530
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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