Notes of a Native Son 在線電子書 圖書標籤: race 非虛構 美國 nonfiction baldwin James_Baldwin 休閑讀物 texts
發表於2024-09-09
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讀起來感覺聽悲傷的。:(
評分敏銳,有力,對個人經驗的反思和對種族問題的結構性批判幾近完美地融閤在一起
評分讀起來感覺聽悲傷的。:(
評分尼哥文學我好無力...棄瞭棄瞭還是看弗洛伊德去吧
評分actually deserves 4.5/5 but there's no half star... so there you go
A new edition of the book many have called James Baldwin’s most influential work
Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most captivating essayists and foremost intellectuals of that era. Writing as an artist, activist, and social critic, Baldwin probes the complex condition of being black in America. With a keen eye, he examines everything from the significance of the protest novel to the motives and circumstances of the many black expatriates of the time, from his home in “The Harlem Ghetto” to a sobering “Journey to Atlanta.”
Notes of a Native Son inaugurated Baldwin as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the twentieth century, and many of his observations have proven almost prophetic. His criticism on topics such as the paternalism of white progressives or on his own friend Richard Wright’s work is pointed and unabashed. He was also one of the few writing on race at the time who addressed the issue with a powerful mixture of outrage at the gross physical and political violence against black citizens and measured understanding of their oppressors, which helped awaken a white audience to the injustices under their noses. Naturally, this combination of brazen criticism and unconventional empathy for white readers won Baldwin as much condemnation as praise.
Notes is the book that established Baldwin’s voice as a social critic, and it remains one of his most admired works. The essays collected here create a cohesive sketch of black America and reveal an intimate portrait of Baldwin’s own search for identity as an artist, as a black man, and as an American.
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Notes of a Native Son 在線電子書 pdf 下載 txt下載 epub 下載 mobi 下載 2024