The Resource Du Bois's telegram : literary resistance and state containment, Juliana Spahr
Du Bois's telegram : literary resistance and state containment, Juliana Spahr
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- Summary
- In 1956 W.E.B. Du Bois was denied a passport to attend the Présence Africaine Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Paris. So he sent the assembled a telegram. "Any Negro-American who travels abroad today must either not discuss race conditions in the United States or say the sort of thing which our State Department wishes the world to believe." Taking seriously Du Bois's allegation, Juliana Spahr breathes new life into age-old questions as she explores how state interests have shaped U.S. literature. What is the relationship between literature and politics? Can writing be revolutionary? Can art be autonomous, or is escape from nations and nationalisms impossible? Du Bois's Telegram brings together a wide range of institutional forces implicated in literary production, paying special attention to three eras of writing that sought to defy political orthodoxies by contesting linguistic conventions: avant-garde modernism of the early twentieth century; social-movement writing of the 1960s and 1970s; and, in the twenty-first century, the profusion of English-language works incorporating languages other than English. Spahr shows how these literatures attempted to assert their autonomy, only to be shut down by FBI harassment or coopted by CIA and State Department propagandists. Liberal state allies such as the Ford and Rockefeller foundations made writers complicit by funding multiculturalist works that celebrated diversity and assimilation while starving radical anti-imperial, anti-racist, anti-capitalist efforts. Spahr does not deny the exhilarations of politically engaged art. But her study affirms a sobering reality: aesthetic resistance is easily domesticated.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Turn of the twenty-first century : a possible literature of resistance
- Stubborn nationalism : example one, avant garde modernism
- Stubborn nationalism : example two, movement literatures
- Turn of the twenty-first century : the national tradition
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780674986961
- Label
- Du Bois's telegram : literary resistance and state containment
- Title
- Du Bois's telegram
- Title remainder
- literary resistance and state containment
- Statement of responsibility
- Juliana Spahr
- Subject
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- American literature -- Political aspects
- Nationalism and literature
- Nationalism and literature
- Nationalism and literature -- United States
- Politics and literature
- American literature -- Political aspects
- Politics and literature -- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Politics and literature
- American literature -- Political aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1956 W.E.B. Du Bois was denied a passport to attend the Présence Africaine Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Paris. So he sent the assembled a telegram. "Any Negro-American who travels abroad today must either not discuss race conditions in the United States or say the sort of thing which our State Department wishes the world to believe." Taking seriously Du Bois's allegation, Juliana Spahr breathes new life into age-old questions as she explores how state interests have shaped U.S. literature. What is the relationship between literature and politics? Can writing be revolutionary? Can art be autonomous, or is escape from nations and nationalisms impossible? Du Bois's Telegram brings together a wide range of institutional forces implicated in literary production, paying special attention to three eras of writing that sought to defy political orthodoxies by contesting linguistic conventions: avant-garde modernism of the early twentieth century; social-movement writing of the 1960s and 1970s; and, in the twenty-first century, the profusion of English-language works incorporating languages other than English. Spahr shows how these literatures attempted to assert their autonomy, only to be shut down by FBI harassment or coopted by CIA and State Department propagandists. Liberal state allies such as the Ford and Rockefeller foundations made writers complicit by funding multiculturalist works that celebrated diversity and assimilation while starving radical anti-imperial, anti-racist, anti-capitalist efforts. Spahr does not deny the exhilarations of politically engaged art. But her study affirms a sobering reality: aesthetic resistance is easily domesticated.--
- Assigning source
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- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Spahr, Juliana
- Dewey number
- 810.9/358739
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS65.P6
- LC item number
- S63 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- Politics and literature
- Nationalism and literature
- American literature
- Nationalism and literature
- Politics and literature
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Du Bois's telegram : literary resistance and state containment, Juliana Spahr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-224) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Turn of the twenty-first century : a possible literature of resistance -- Stubborn nationalism : example one, avant garde modernism -- Stubborn nationalism : example two, movement literatures -- Turn of the twenty-first century : the national tradition -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 1028585654
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674986961
- Lccn
- 2018012877
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028585654
- Label
- Du Bois's telegram : literary resistance and state containment, Juliana Spahr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-224) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Turn of the twenty-first century : a possible literature of resistance -- Stubborn nationalism : example one, avant garde modernism -- Stubborn nationalism : example two, movement literatures -- Turn of the twenty-first century : the national tradition -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 1028585654
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 246 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674986961
- Lccn
- 2018012877
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028585654
Subject
- American literature -- Political aspects
- Nationalism and literature
- Nationalism and literature
- Nationalism and literature -- United States
- Politics and literature
- American literature -- Political aspects
- Politics and literature -- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Politics and literature
- American literature -- Political aspects
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