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The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture

By (author) Kevin Quashie

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African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores quiet as a different kind of expressiveness, one which characterizes a personâ€™s desires, ambitions, hungers, vulnerabilities, and fears. Quiet is a metaphor for the inner life, and as such, enables a more nuanced understanding of black culture. The book revisits such iconic moments as Tommie Smith and John Carlosâ€™s protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and Elizabeth Alexanderâ€™s reading at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama. Quashie also examines such landmark texts as Gwendolyn Brooksâ€™s Maud Martha, James Baldwinâ€™s The Fire Next Time, and Toni Morrisonâ€™s Sula to move beyond the emphasis on resistance, and to suggest that concepts like surrender, dreaming, and waiting can remind us of the wealth of black humanity.

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