Katharine Lawrence Balfour

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1) The evidence of things not said: James Baldwin and the promise of American democracy

Author

Balfour, Katharine Lawrence

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Pub. Date

2001

Language

English

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Examines the work of Baldwin with a view toward determining which of his ideas might still contribute to the debate about current racial issues, the persistence of racial disparities, and the popularity of color blindness.

2) Toni Morrison: imagining freedom

Author

Balfour, Katharine Lawrence

Series

Philosophical outsiders

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

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"When Toni Morrison declares that she 'can't wait for the ultimate liberation theory to imagine its practice and do its work,' she raises an issue at the heart of modern political thought: How should we understand freedom? And what does freedom mean in the shadow of racial slavery and colonialism? In this study of Toni Morrison's writing, Lawrie Balfour explores Morrison's reflections on the idea of freedom in her novels and nonfiction. While Morrison's...