{"product_id":"melancholia-africana-the-indispensable-overcoming-of-the-black-condition-paperback","title":"Melancholia Africana: The Indispensable Overcoming of the Black Condition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathalie Etoke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLewis R. Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eBill Hamlett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelancholia Africana argues that in the African and Afro-diasporic context, melancholy is rooted in collective experiences such as slavery, colonization, and the post-colony. From these experiences a theme of loss resonates--loss of land, of freedom, of language, of culture, of self, and of ideals born from independence. Nathalie Etoke demonstrates that, beyond territorial expropriation and the pain inflicted upon the body and the soul, the violence that seals the encounter with the 'other' annihilates an age-old cycle of life. In the wake of this annihilation, continental and diasporic Africans strive to reconcile that which has been destroyed with what has been newly introduced. Their survival depends on their capacity to negotiate the inherent tension of their historical becoming. The book develops a transdisciplinary method encompassing historicism, critical theory, Africana existential thought, and poetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathalie Etoke is Associate Professor of Francophone and Africana Studies at the Graduate Center, CUNY. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBill Hamlett is a translator, researcher, and teacher of French. He holds master's degrees in French from Middlebury College and in Literary Theory from the École Normale Supérieure.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50372987355373,"sku":"9781786613011","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/C30FHIwQkY9781786613011.webp?v=1785512618","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/melancholia-africana-the-indispensable-overcoming-of-the-black-condition-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}