{"product_id":"9781474287661","title":"Beyond Ontological Blackness An Essay on African American Religious and Cultural Criticism","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTransatlantic Slave Trade: Bloomsbury Academic Collections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBeyond Ontological Blackness\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Essay on African American Religious and Cultural Criticism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eVictor Anderson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn this study, Victor Anderson traces instances of \"ontological blackness\" in African American theological, religious and cultural thought, arguing that African American critical thought has been trapped in a racial rhetoric that it did not create and which cannot serve it well. Drawing together 18th- and 19th-century accomodationism and its assimilationist heirs with the movements of Black Power and Afrocentrism, Anderson shows that all exhibit a similar structure of racial identity. He suggests that it is time to move beyond the confines of \"the cult of black heroic genius\" to what Bell Hooks has termed \"postmodern blackness\": a racial discourse that leaves room to negotiate African American identities along lines of class, gender, sexuality, and age as well as race.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVictor Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is Oberlin Theological School Professor of Ethics and Society at the Vanderbilt Divinity School, USA. He is also Professor and Director of the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies and Religious Studies in Vanderbilt's College of Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 October 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474287661\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332288872588,"sku":"9781474287661","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_4d77ffb2-935d-44ef-9769-7e443136e5a3.jpg?v=1783602677","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474287661","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}