Book contents
- James Baldwin in Context
- James Baldwin in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: James Baldwin in Context
- Part 1 Life and Afterlife
- Part 2 Social and Cultural Contexts
- Chapter 12 Intersectionality
- Chapter 13 Baldwin and the Early Civil Rights Movement
- Chapter 14 Segregation and the South
- Chapter 15 The Assassinations: Medgar, Malcolm, and Martin
- Chapter 16 Gospel
- Chapter 17 “The Whole Body of the Sound”: The Black Musical Basis of Baldwin’s Literary Craft and Social Vision
- Chapter 18 Baldwin and Psychoanalysis
- Part 3 Literary Contexts
- Index
Chapter 12 - Intersectionality
from Part 2 - Social and Cultural Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 July 2019
- James Baldwin in Context
- James Baldwin in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: James Baldwin in Context
- Part 1 Life and Afterlife
- Part 2 Social and Cultural Contexts
- Chapter 12 Intersectionality
- Chapter 13 Baldwin and the Early Civil Rights Movement
- Chapter 14 Segregation and the South
- Chapter 15 The Assassinations: Medgar, Malcolm, and Martin
- Chapter 16 Gospel
- Chapter 17 “The Whole Body of the Sound”: The Black Musical Basis of Baldwin’s Literary Craft and Social Vision
- Chapter 18 Baldwin and Psychoanalysis
- Part 3 Literary Contexts
- Index
Summary
James Baldwin was ahead of his time when it came to questions of the intersection of sexuality, progressive global politics, and critical race theory. His essays, novels, and plays always expressed a profound hope that humankind can learn to love the other. Such a hope kept him in an ongoing battle against injustices in all their dissimilar forms – Islamophobia, homophobia, anti-Semitism, sexism, and racial hate crimes. This essay considers the intersectional elements of antiracist, antinationalist, and antiheterosexist thought in James Baldwin’s literary work and lectures. I have organized my thoughts in several sections that focus on the African American community in the United States, international affairs, and his reflections on sexuality and gender/masculinity.
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- James Baldwin in Context , pp. 127 - 135Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019