BlackLife : Post-BLM and the Struggle for Freedom

Abdillahi, Idil; Walcott, Rinaldo. BlackLife : Post-BLM and the Struggle for Freedom. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Arp Books, 2019.

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Abstract (English)

"What does it mean in the era of Black Lives Matter to continue to ignore and deny the violence that is the foundation of the Canadian nation state? BlackLife discloses the ongoing destruction of Black people as enacted not simply by state structures, but beneath them in the foundational modernist ideology that underlies thinking around migration and movement, as Black erasure and death are unveiled as horrifically acceptable throughout western culture. With exactitude and celerity, Idil Abdillahi and Rinaldo Walcott pull from local history, literature, theory, music, and public policy around everything from arts funding, to crime and mental health--presenting a convincing call to challenge pervasive thought on dominant culture's conception of Black personhood. They argue that artists, theorists, activists, and scholars offer us the opportunity to rethink and expose flawed thought, providing us new avenues into potential new lives and a more livable reality of BlackLife." -- Publisher's website.

Types: Monographs
All Contributors: Abdillahi, Idil (Author); Walcott, Rinaldo (Author)
Dossier: 700 - ART ET LA DIASPORA NOIRE / ART AND THE BLACK DIASPORA
Collation: 103 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9781927886212
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Winnipeg, Manitoba: Arp Books
Keywords: BLACK COMMUNITY; RACISM; BLACK ARTISTS; RACIAL JUSTICE; CANADIAN HISTORY; SOCIAL CRITICISM
Copyright Statement: Arp Books
Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Includes biographical notes.

Series Name: Semaphore series
Deposited by: Collections
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2020 21:04
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2020 20:56
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/31965
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