{"product_id":"resolutely-black-conversations-with-francoise-verges-paperback-softback-9781509537150","title":"Resolutely Black; Conversations with Francoise Verges (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509537150","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eResolutely Black\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConversations with Francoise Verges\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAimé Césaire (Author), Matthew Smith (Translated by), Françoise Vergès (Preface by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509537150, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 November 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e150 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.8 x 13.5 x 1.3 cm, 0.159 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Whether it be his poetry, plays, essays, or speeches, Aimé Césaire's writing has remained a canonical essential for over 50 years, but only with the arrival of Resolutely Black can we now enjoy the kinds of detailed insights and commentary worthy of his stature. The interviews with Françoise Vergès further underscore the unnerving prescience of Césaire when it comes to racial politics while also providing much-needed context, depth and texture. A ‘must’ for all students and scholars who study power, diaspora, culture, identity and belonging in the modern world.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Wright, Emory University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Resolutely Black\u003c\/i\u003e offers English language readers a fascinating series of primarily political conversations [Françoise] Vergès had with Martinican poet, playwright, and politician Aimé Césaire late in his long life, just four years before he died at age ninety-four in 2008. […] Vergès’s framing of these interviews and the incisive writings around them in both her preface and postface to the book are crucial for getting at the complexities of Césaire’s legacies. […] The translator of Resolutely Black, Matthew B. Smith […] is an experienced translator who enables readers of this book to hear the source text in the translation, something only very talented translators can do.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaterina Gonzalez Seligmann, \u003ci\u003eSimone de Beauvoir Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimé Césaire’s work is foundational for decolonial and postcolonial thought. His \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on Colonialism\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1955, influenced generations of scholars and activists at the forefront of liberation struggles in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean and it remains a classic of anticolonial thought. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis unique volume takes the form of a series of interviews with Césaire that were conducted by Françoise Vergès in 2004, shortly before his death. Césaire’s responses to Vergès’ questions cover a wide range of topics, including the origins of his political activism, the legacies of slavery and colonialism, the question of reparation for slavery and the problems of marrying literature to politics. The book includes a substantial postface by Vergès in which she situates Césaire’s work in its intellectual and political context. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis timely book brings Césaire back into the present-day conversation on race, slavery and the legacy of colonialism. His penetrating insights on these matters should appeal to scholars and students throughout the humanities and social sciences as well as to the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNote on the translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface by Françoise Vergès\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePostface by Françoise Vergès\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorks by Aimé Césaire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507375141144,"sku":"9781509537150","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509537150.jpg?v=1786445316","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/resolutely-black-conversations-with-francoise-verges-paperback-softback-9781509537150","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}