{"product_id":"the-black-utopians-aaron-robertson","title":"The Black Utopians (Aaron Robertson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Renewed my faith in the human power to resist, imagine and make new, better worlds.' Susanna Crossman, author of \u003ci\u003eHome Is Where We Start\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling' \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow do the disillusioned, the forgotten, and the persecuted not merely hold on to life but expand its possibilities and preserve its beauty? What, in other words, does utopia look like in black?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese questions animate Aaron Robertson's exploration of Black Americans' efforts to remake the conditions of their lives. Writing in the tradition of Saidiya Hartman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robertson makes his way from his ancestral hometown of Promise Land, Tennessee, to Detroit - the city where he was born, and where one of the country's most remarkable Black utopian experiments got its start. Founded by the brilliant preacher Albert Cleage Jr., the Shrine of the Black Madonna combined Afrocentric Christian practice with radical social projects. Central to this endeavour was the Shrine's chancel mural of a Black Virgin and child, the icon of a nationwide liberation movement that would come to be known as Black Christian Nationalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside the Shrine's story, Robertson reflects on a diverse array of Black utopian visions, from the Reconstruction era through the countercultural fervour of the 1960s and 1970s and into the present day. By doing so, Robertson showcases the enduring quest of collectives and individuals for a world beyond the constraints of systemic racism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Utopians\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a movement and of a world still in the making - one that points the way toward radical alternatives for the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME Book of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAaron Robertson is a writer, an editor, and a translator of Italian literature. His translation of Igiaba Scego's \u003ci\u003eBeyond Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, and in 2021 he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Point\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 400 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65838309278045,"sku":"K097676517","price":20.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9767651700001A.jpg?v=1788749985","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-black-utopians-aaron-robertson","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}