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Avilez cover.indd 1 3/8/16 10:37 AM Radical Aesthetics and Modern Black Nationalism Avilez_text.indd 1 3/8/16 10:39 AM the new black studies series Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and Dwight A. McBride A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book. Avilez_text.indd 2 3/8/16 10:39 AM Radical Aesthetics and Modern Black Nationalism GerShun Avilez UNiveRsity of illiNois PRess Urbana, Chicago, and springfield Avilez_text.indd 3 3/8/16 10:39 AM © 2016 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Avilez, GerShun, 1980– author. Title: Radical aesthetics and modern Black nationalism / GerShun Avilez. Description: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2016] | Series: The new Black studies series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015041928| ISBN 9780252040122 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780252081613 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780252098321 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: African Americans—Intellectual life—20th century. | Black nationalism—United States—History—20th century. | American literature—African American authors— History and criticism. | Black Arts movement. | African American arts—20th century. Classification: LCC E185.89.I56 A85 2016 | DDC 320.54/60973— dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015041928 Avilez_text.indd 4 3/8/16 10:39 AM To Corey Avilez_text.indd 5 3/8/16 10:39 AM Avilez_text.indd 6 3/8/16 10:39 AM Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Art of Revolution 1 part i. the question of “closing ranks” 1 The Claim of Innocence: Deconstructing the Machinery of Whiteness 29 2 The Suspicion of Kinship: Critiquing the Construct of Black Unity 61 part ii. the bodily logic of “revolutionizing the mind” 3 The Demands on Reproduction: Worrying the Limits of Gender Identity 95 4 The Space of Sex: Reconfiguring the Coordinates of Subjectivity 133 Conclusion: Queering Representation 167 Notes 181 Index 207 Avilez_text.indd 7 3/8/16 10:39 AM Avilez_text.indd 8 3/8/16 10:39 AM Acknowledgments I had no real understanding about all the labor and time it took to write a book, and I would never have been able to accomplish the task without the unwavering support and kind words of friends and family. Each member of my dissertation committee provided a model for the kind of teacher-scholar I work toward being. Thadious M. Davis has been a genuine inspiration. Her patience, generosity, thoughtfulness, and sweeping intel- ligence have made her an ideal mentor. She always believed in this project even at moments when my own belief was shaken. Herman Beavers pushed me to think about how to write about the contemporary period, and this consideration has come to define almost all of my scholarly endeavors. Nancy Bentley demonstrated to me that it is possible to be both critical and kind. Her advice also made me a better writer. I have had friends along the way who have seen this book at every possible stage. I met Salamishah Tillet as I was beginning a doctoral program at Penn and she was finishing one at Harvard, and she has been a draft reader, advice giver, consoler, congratulator, and general brainstorming buddy about all of life’s questions. I think of her as mentor, confidante, and sister. Tshepo M. Chéry has been my constant source of sanity and laughter. She made me feel like we were “in this together” no matter how far apart we were. Michael L. Wright and Jennifer Patterson are two of my oldest friends who have kept me eating well for years. I treasure their friendship. Marcus Hunter got me through tough times and offered me enduring friendship even when many miles separated us. Wendy Lee is my favorite conspirator. We helped each Avilez_text.indd 9 3/8/16 10:39 AM
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