The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture

by Kevin Everod Quashie and Kevin Quashie

Book Overview

African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores quiet as a different kind of expressiveness, one which characterizes a person's desires, ambitions, hungers, vulnerabilities, and fears. Quiet is a metaphor for the inner life, and as such, enables a more nuanced understanding of black culture.

The book revisits such iconic moments as Tommie Smith and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813553105
• ISBN13: 9780813553108
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"