Moten, Fred
Black and Blur
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822370161
- author:
- Moten, Fred
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 360
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimetres (0.48 kg
- Genre:
- Music, History & Criticism, Arts & Photography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Black and Blur by Fred Moten is a groundbreaking work that challenges traditional notions of identity and analysis. This first volume in Moten's trilogy explores the complex relationship between blackness, art, politics, and life in the African diaspora.
Moten's essays weave together seemingly disparate ideas, including the theories of Althusser and Kant, with the works of artists and musicians such as Thornton Dial and Cecil Taylor. By juxtaposing these different perspectives, Moten reveals a new way of thinking about blackness as a category of analysis that encompasses social, aesthetic, and theoretical insurgencies.
Through his work, Moten seeks to reorder our understanding of the world by unsettling normative ways of reading, hearing, and seeing. This book is a powerful case for the importance of considering blackness as a site of resistance and creativity in modern society.
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