{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-james-baldwin-9781107043039","title":"The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Companion offers fresh insight into the art and politics of James Baldwin, one of the most important writers and provocative cultural critics of the twentieth century. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack, gay, and gifted, he was hailed as a \"spokesman for the race,\" although he personally, and controversially, eschewed titles and classifications of all kinds. Individual essays examine his classic novels and nonfiction as well as his work across lesser-examined domains: poetry, music, theatre, sermon, photo-text, children's literature, public media, comedy, and artistic collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn doing so, The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin captures the power and influence of his work during the civil rights era as well as his relevance in the \"post-race\" transnational twenty-first century, when his prescient questioning of the boundaries of race, sex, love, leadership, and country assume a new urgency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michele Elam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781107043039\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElam, Michele:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michele Elam is a Professor of English at Stanford University, California. She is an affiliate with the Michelle R. Clayman Insitute for Gender Studies, African and African American Studies, and Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. Elam is the author of Race, Work, and Desire in American Literature, 1860-1930 and The Souls of Mixed Folk: Race, Politics, and Aesthetics in the New Millennium, and is currently working on editing a critical mixed race studies reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41066203807859,"sku":"1107043034","price":152.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_bee0de8b-9bdb-41ed-bb7c-39555cf8a104.jpg?v=1698935678","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-james-baldwin-9781107043039","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}