The Logic of Retribution: Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman"

Kumar attempts to rethink the question of Baraka's binarism. Baraka's retributive logic is focused on the need for assertion of ethnic and racial identity and his works reveal complex negotiations with such binary categories as black/white and art/activism. Moreover, Kumar points out that...

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Published in:African American review 2003-07, Vol.37 (2/3), p.271-279
Main Author: Kumar, Nita N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
African Americans
Anger
Baraka, Amiri (1934-2014)
Black arts movement
Black culture
Black literature
Black people
Black white relations
Blackness studies
Logic
Negotiation
Race relations
Self concept
Sensory perception
Theater
White people
Wordplay
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Summary:Kumar attempts to rethink the question of Baraka's binarism. Baraka's retributive logic is focused on the need for assertion of ethnic and racial identity and his works reveal complex negotiations with such binary categories as black/white and art/activism. Moreover, Kumar points out that Baraka's Dutchman does not so much posit an authentic black sense of selfhood, as explore the processes and misrepresentations concerning it.
ISSN:1062-4783
1945-6182
DOI:10.2307/1512313