{"product_id":"thinking-through-crisis-james-edward-ford-9780823286911","title":"Thinking Through Crisis: Depression-Era Black Literature, Theory, and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2020 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, Modern Language Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, MSA First Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Thinking Through Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, James Edward Ford III examines the works of Richard Wright, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and Langston Hughes during the 1930s in order to articulate a materialist theory of trauma. Ford highlights the dark proletariat's emergence from the multitude apposite to white supremacist agendas. In these works, Ford argues, proletarian, modernist, and surrealist aesthetics transform fugitive slaves, sharecroppers, leased convicts, levee workers, and activist intellectuals into protagonists of anti-racist and anti-capitalist movements in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking Through Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e intervenes in debates on the 1930s, radical subjectivity, and states of emergency. It will be of interest to scholars of American literature, African American literature, proletarian literature, black studies, trauma theory, and political theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Edward Ford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823286916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823286911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020","brand":"James Edward Ford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992508465407,"sku":"9780823286911","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a355bc84-14d0-4e7b-9a4c-86ec57a162cd.jpg?v=1683319324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thinking-through-crisis-james-edward-ford-9780823286911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}