{"product_id":"freedom-time-anthony-reed-9781421415208","title":"Freedom Time: The Poetics and Politics of Black Experimental Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperimental poetry and prose by black writers rejects traditional interpretations of social protest and identity formation to reveal radical new ways of perceiving the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2016 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, Modern Language Association\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard literary criticism tends to either ignore or downplay the unorthodox tradition of black experimental writing that emerged in the wake of protests against colonization and Jim Crow-era segregation. Histories of African American literature likewise have a hard time accounting for the distinctiveness of experimental writing, which is part of a general shift in emphasis among black writers away from appeals for social recognition or raising consciousness. In \u003ci\u003eFreedom Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Anthony Reed offers a theoretical reading of \"black experimental writing\" that presents the term both as a profound literary development and as a concept for analyzing how writing challenges us to rethink the relationships between race and literary techniques. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough extended analyses of works by African American and Afro-Caribbean writers--including N. H. Pritchard, Suzan-Lori Parks, NourbeSe Philip, Kamau Brathwaite, Claudia Rankine, Douglas Kearney, Harryette Mullen, and Nathaniel Mackey--Reed develops a new sense of the literary politics of formally innovative writing and the connections between literature and politics since the 1960s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreedom Time\u003c\/i\u003e reclaims the power of experimental black voices by arguing that readers and critics must see them as more than a mere reflection of the politics of social protest and identity formation. With an approach informed by literary, cultural, African American, and feminist studies, Reed shows how reworking literary materials and conventions liberates writers to push the limits of representation and expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Reed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421415208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421415208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.22h x 5.09w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 1500","brand":"Anthony Reed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088212144383,"sku":"9781421415208","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e7d04d3-2b10-4367-b9f1-67f675df43d2.jpg?v=1769103677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freedom-time-anthony-reed-9781421415208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}