Next to the Color Line

by Gillman, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780816647231
• ISBN10: 0816647232
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-08
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

Summary

Although W. E. B. Du Bois did not often pursue the connections between the "Negro question" that defined so much of his intellectual life and the "woman question" that engaged writers and feminist activists around him, Next to the Color Line argues that within Du Bois's work is a politics of juxtaposition that connects race, gender, sexuality, and justice. This provocative collection investigates a set of political formulations and rhetorical strategies by which Du Bois approached, used, and repressed issues of gender and sexuality. The essays in Next to the Color Line propose a return to Du Bois, not only to reassess his politics but also to demonstrate his relevance for today's scholarly and political concerns. Contributors: Hazel V. Carby, Yale U; Vilashini Cooppan, U of California, Santa Cruz; Brent Hayes Edwards, Rutgers U; Michele Elam, Stanford U; Roderick A. Ferguson, U of Minnesota; Joy James, Williams College; Fred Moten, U of Southern California; Shawn Michelle Smith, St. Louis U; Mason Stokes, Skidmore College; Claudia Tate, Princeton U; Paul C. Taylor, Temple U. Susan Gillman is professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Alys Eve Weinbaum is associate professor of English at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Table of Contents

Introduction: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Politics of Juxtaposition	p. 1
Move On Down the Line: Domestic Science, Transnational Politics, and Gendered Allegory in Du Bois	p. 35
Profeminism and Gender Elites: W. E. B. Du Bois, Anna Julia Cooper, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett	p. 69
Interracial Romance and Black Internationalism	p. 96
Late Romance	p. 124
Race and Desire: Dark Princess: A Romance	p. 150
Du Bois's Erotics	p. 209
The Souls of Black Men	p. 234
"W. E. B. Du Bois": Biography of a Discourse	p. 269
Father of the Bride: Du Bois and the Making of Black Heterosexuality	p. 289
Uplift and Criminality	p. 317
Second-Sight: Du Bois and the Black Masculine Gaze	p. 350
Pageantry, Maternity, and World History	p. 378
Contributors	p. 417
Publication History	p. 419
Index	p. 421
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