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James Baldwin: The Life Album.
・ISBN 978-0-300-26220-9 hard US$ 28.00
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| 著者・編者 | Zaborowska, Magdalena J., |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | (Black Lives) |
| 出版社 | (Yale University Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2025 |
| ページ数 | 320 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A03-58672＞ |
解説
An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and works as seen through his close relationships and private life
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a pivotal figure of the twentieth century, an influential author, intellectual, and activist who led a celebrated public life-and whose words and image and persona remain current in our culture. Baldwin's many incarnations-"son of Harlem," "Black icon," "great twentieth-century writer," "race man," "prophet," "witness"-have reemerged in the digital age as Baldwin's work becomes a touchstone for a new generation. It is the private, vulnerable, and messier Baldwin-the man behind the prophet and the online meme-who is the focus of this book.
Magdalena J. Zaborowska draws on Baldwin's archives and material legacy-from his unpublished papers to his books to his house in France-to offer a fresh look at the writer's understated and obscured private life. Taking a cue from Baldwin's own love of the blues, Zaborowska presents his biography as a series of tracks on a vinyl record, introducing, developing, and remixing the themes and relationships from his life. She recounts episodes from Baldwin's troubled childhood, his struggles with sexuality and gender, his intimate relationships, and the overlooked influence of women, Jews, and queers on his writing. This Life Album revolves around Baldwin's development of a unique worldview, "Black queer humanism," premised on African diaspora aesthetics, resilience, joy, community, internationalism, activism, and justice.
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a pivotal figure of the twentieth century, an influential author, intellectual, and activist who led a celebrated public life-and whose words and image and persona remain current in our culture. Baldwin's many incarnations-"son of Harlem," "Black icon," "great twentieth-century writer," "race man," "prophet," "witness"-have reemerged in the digital age as Baldwin's work becomes a touchstone for a new generation. It is the private, vulnerable, and messier Baldwin-the man behind the prophet and the online meme-who is the focus of this book.
Magdalena J. Zaborowska draws on Baldwin's archives and material legacy-from his unpublished papers to his books to his house in France-to offer a fresh look at the writer's understated and obscured private life. Taking a cue from Baldwin's own love of the blues, Zaborowska presents his biography as a series of tracks on a vinyl record, introducing, developing, and remixing the themes and relationships from his life. She recounts episodes from Baldwin's troubled childhood, his struggles with sexuality and gender, his intimate relationships, and the overlooked influence of women, Jews, and queers on his writing. This Life Album revolves around Baldwin's development of a unique worldview, "Black queer humanism," premised on African diaspora aesthetics, resilience, joy, community, internationalism, activism, and justice.