Patrick F Walter
Biographic Data
| ID | 6212407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick F Walter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick F |
| FAMILY NAME | Walter |
| SIGNATURE | WALTER P F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Intoxicating Blackness
This article examines the intersection of drug-use, aesthetics, and Blackness at work in James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues” (1957). While much of the scholarship on Baldwin’s story has dwelt on the significance of music, far less attention has been paid to the equally prominent and related theme of drug addiction and intoxication. Through an historical contextualization and analysis of the story, I provide an exegesis of Baldwin’s unique…
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Intoxicating Blackness
This article examines the intersection of drug-use, aesthetics, and Blackness at work in James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues” (1957). While much of the scholarship on Baldwin’s story has dwelt on the significance of music, far less attention has been paid to the equally prominent and related theme of drug addiction and intoxication. Through an historical contextualization and analysis of the story, I provide an exegesis of Baldwin’s unique…
Art (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Addiction (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Blues (1 work) · Ecstasy (1 work) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 work) · Law (1 work)