African-American 10 Apr 2014 Baldwin, home, tradition From the conclusion to my essay entitled "James Baldwin and the Question of Home" - also the final chapter of… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American 09 Mar 2014 Language, race, memory, home Below is the conclusion to my essay "Vernaculars of Home," in which I explore James Baldwin's conception of language. In… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, The Profession 16 Jan 2014 Race, racism, and thinking with philosophy by Tommy J. Curry and John Drabinski Jason Stanley and Vesla Weaver lay out some critically important ideas in their "Is… John Drabinski 16 Comments
Caribbean, European, Postcolonial, The Profession 21 Dec 2013 Derrida, Eurocentrism, decolonization While I am not the biggest advocate of Aimé Césaire's work, I've always been taken in - in ways that… John Drabinski 1 Comment
Caribbean, European, Postcolonial 12 Dec 2013 Decolonizing the colonizer: three aspects What does it mean to decolonize the colonizer? In a previous post, I asked the question - which has largely… John Drabinski 1 Comment
African-American 05 Dec 2013 Baldwin, race, identity In his 1964 essay “The White Problem,” dating from the period of the publication of The Fire Next Time, Baldwin… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture 04 Dec 2013 Baldwin, language, spirituals The function of the spirituals in the African-American intellectual tradition is well-known, especially in the work of W.E.B. Du Bois… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean 17 Nov 2013 Writing, place, tradition In "Reading and Writing," there is a short meditation on Joseph Conrad's work, work with which he feels a surprising… John Drabinski No Comments
