{"product_id":"black-existential-freedom","title":"Black Existential Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe history of slavery, colonization, subjugation, gratuitous violence, and the denial of basic human rights to people of African descent has led Afro-Pessimists to look at black existence through the lens of white supremacy and anti-blackness. Against this trend, \u003ci\u003eBlack Existential Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e argues that Blackness is not inherently synonymous with victimhood. Rather, it is inextricable from existential freedom and the struggle for political liberation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book presents an existential analysis of continental and diasporic African experiences through critical interpretations of music, film, and fiction that portray what it means to be human-- to persevere in the tension between life and physical, psychological, and social death--for the sake of freedom. With its transdisciplinary perspective and convergence of Africana existential philosophy, African-American Studies, Afro-French Studies, Diaspora Studies, and African studies, this book is not concerned with disciplinary boundaries or certain appropriations of European metaphysics that are committed to a reading of black \"non-being.\" \u003ci\u003eBlack Existential Freedom \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the continuities and discontinuities of black existence and the manifestations and the meanings of blackness within different countries, time periods, and social and political contexts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEtoke's book empowers the reader to understand and process the complexities of racialized identity in a globalized contemporary society. Ultimately, it is an ode to human survival and freedom.","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44231129170019,"sku":"9781538173060","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0621\/7515\/0179\/files\/imageloader_7bcacb96-9562-4f3c-960c-490636dfd383.jpg?v=1780337215","url":"https:\/\/redricebooks.com\/products\/black-existential-freedom","provider":"Red Rice Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}