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First of the Year: 2008: Volume I

Editat de Benj DeMott
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 aug 2008
This is the first in a continuing series of reminders that the past informs the present as it infuses the future. As Benj DeMott notes, the aim of First of the Year is to define "the democratic imperatives and demotic tones that make our ongoing politics of culture matter." This annual publication is grounded in the needs of "dissed" people: disenfranchised, disadvantaged, disinherited, discomfited, and dismissed. But the concept has been sharpened to acknowledge that though the underdog is owed sympathy, the mad dog is owed a bullet. In short, First of the Year is very much an effort of the twenty-first century.
The publication aims to be more than a launching pad for writers. It attempts to bridge the gap between radical perspectives without losing focus on the centrality of African-American culture to the national conversation. The coming together of figures like Armond White, Kate Millett, Lorenzo Thomas, Russell Jacoby, Adolph Reed, and Amiri Baraka is quite unlike what can be found in standard literary and social publications. They treat the African-American condition as a policy issue or an executive summary report--not as a touchstone for the state of the nation as a whole.
The initial volume also deals extensively and seriously with the issue of humanism and terror, the nature of social movements, electoral and urban politics, and the musical trends of our time. It does so with a sense of urgency often denied in mainstream literary reviews. Issues of "standards" are addressed from the angle of African-American cultural traditions, and the mind-body problem as a matter of race not just of metaphysics. In a nutshell, this volume intends to open a new chapter in the Harlem Renaissance; or better, an American renaissance with a Harlem lilt. First of the Year is an attempt to make political arguments breathe through cultural voices. Contributors include Sheldon Wolin, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Berman, Charles Keil, and Philip Levine, among others, ensuring its ability to entertain.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781412808019
ISBN-10: 1412808014
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Acknowledgments Part I: First Cuts Part II: Humanism and Terror Part III: The American Organizing Tradition Part IV: Metro Section Part V: The Margin Is the Center Part VI: Wild Light Part VII: Forget U Part VIII: New Criterion Part IX: Where Were You…Part X: First Draft of History Part XI: Amateur Hours (Or The Pity of Love) Part XII: Unwritten Rules

Notă biografică

Benj DeMott is a member of First of the Month Writers’ Collective. He lives with his wife and son, across the street from his brother in New York City

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This is the first in a continuing series of reminders that the past informs the present as it infuses the future