Amir R A Jaima
Biographic Data
| ID | 910352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amir R A Jaima |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amir R A |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaima |
| SIGNATURE | JAIMA A R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9757-6513 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Black Male Studies in Literature: Ishmael Reed's and Richard Wright's Early Analyses of the “Man‐Not” avant la lettre
In the absence of an honest and rigorous research program to understand the conditions of Black males, negative stereotypes and pernicious caricatures persist. The relatively new field of Black Male Studies introduces a lens through which to evaluate past and present characterizations and inferences, as well as a set of tools for producing useful proposals that do not presume caricaturizing pathologies. Inquiries begin from two basic premises. Fi…
(Re)Situating Geschlecht 3: The Political Stakes of Jacques Derrida’s Reading of Martin Heidegger’s Reading of Georg Trakl
In his 1985 lecture, Geschlecht III, Derrida sought to ‘situate Geschlecht within Heidegger’s path of thought’. Having identified a political disclosure of sorts in Heidegger’s discussion of the significance of Trakl’s poetic invocation of the polysemic, German word ‘Geschlecht’, Derrida intimates that Heidegger betrays ideas and presumptions concerning the ‘problematic of philosophical nationalism’. Given the contentious political context of Hei…
To Make a Scholar Black: A Constructive Analysis of the Discursive Orientation Toward Blackness
Africana scholars often address their texts to a reader who is implicitly white. This tendency, which this article characterizes as the “discursive orientation toward whiteness,” has the pernicious effect of limiting the range and rigor of scholars’ research questions and proposal. This analysis examines the other discursive “face,” following J. Saunders Redding’s observation from almost eighty years ago, which remains unnervingly insightful: “Ne…
American Ignorance and the Discourse of Manageability Concerning the Care and Presentation of Black Hair
Don’t Talk to White People: On the Epistemological and Rhetorical Limitations of Conversations With White People for Anti-Racist Purposes: An Essay
Productive dialogue with white people for anti-racist purposes is precluded by the political limits prescribed by the “principle of interest convergence,” occluded by the epistemological conditions of “white ignorance,” and disincentivized by the psychological burdens of “racial battle fatigue” borne by You and me, the Black would-be interlocutors. Nevertheless, much popular effort is spent—dare I say wasted—in attempts to talk white people out o…
On the Discursive Orientation toward Whiteness
There is a discursive tendency when examining questions of race and racism to address a reader who is implicitly white. This discursive orientation limits the range and rigour of our research questions and proposals. In addressing a white reader who is potentially hostile, or suffers from ‘white ignorance’, we find ourselves beginning our analyses, not from a historiographic survey of the question, but from a pre-emptive justification that we sho…
Race Analysis in the Frame of Both Americas
Historical Fiction as Sociological Interpretation and Philosophy: On the Two Methodological Registers of W. E. B. Du Bois' The Black Flame
Between 1957 and 1961, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote a lengthy work of historical fiction, a trilogy collectively titled The Black Flame (1957, 1959, 1961). Through the lenses of four American families, the narrative offers an illuminating glimpse into the American, political drama of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on the degree to which “the negro problem” featured in important decisions and events. While this paper will examine a few…
In Search of Black Art(ists): On James A. Porter's Instructive Misunderstanding of Alain L. Locke
In Search of Black Art(ists)On James A. Porter's Instructive Misunderstanding of Alain L. Locke Amir Jaima (bio) No Negro who has given earnest thought to the situation of his people in America has failed, at some time in life, to find himself at these crossroads; has failed to ask himself at some time: What, after all, am I? Am I an American or am I a Negro? Can I be both? Or is it my duty to cease to be a Negro as soon as possible and be an Ame…
On the Discursive Orientation toward Whiteness
There is a discursive tendency when examining questions of race and racism to address a reader who is implicitly white. This discursive orientation limits the range and rigour of our research questions and proposals. In addressing a white reader who is potentially hostile, or suffers from ‘white ignorance’, we find ourselves beginning our analyses, not from a historiographic survey of the question, but from a pre-emptive justification that we sho…
In Search of Black Art(ists): On James A. Porter's Instructive Misunderstanding of Alain L. Locke
In Search of Black Art(ists)On James A. Porter's Instructive Misunderstanding of Alain L. Locke Amir Jaima (bio) No Negro who has given earnest thought to the situation of his people in America has failed, at some time in life, to find himself at these crossroads; has failed to ask himself at some time: What, after all, am I? Am I an American or am I a Negro? Can I be both? Or is it my duty to cease to be a Negro as soon as possible and be an Ame…
Historical Fiction as Sociological Interpretation and Philosophy: On the Two Methodological Registers of W. E. B. Du Bois' The Black Flame
Between 1957 and 1961, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote a lengthy work of historical fiction, a trilogy collectively titled The Black Flame (1957, 1959, 1961). Through the lenses of four American families, the narrative offers an illuminating glimpse into the American, political drama of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on the degree to which “the negro problem” featured in important decisions and events. While this paper will examine a few…
Race Analysis in the Frame of Both Americas
On the Discursive Orientation toward Whiteness
There is a discursive tendency when examining questions of race and racism to address a reader who is implicitly white. This discursive orientation limits the range and rigour of our research questions and proposals. In addressing a white reader who is potentially hostile, or suffers from ‘white ignorance’, we find ourselves beginning our analyses, not from a historiographic survey of the question, but from a pre-emptive justification that we sho…
Don’t Talk to White People: On the Epistemological and Rhetorical Limitations of Conversations With White People for Anti-Racist Purposes: An Essay
Productive dialogue with white people for anti-racist purposes is precluded by the political limits prescribed by the “principle of interest convergence,” occluded by the epistemological conditions of “white ignorance,” and disincentivized by the psychological burdens of “racial battle fatigue” borne by You and me, the Black would-be interlocutors. Nevertheless, much popular effort is spent—dare I say wasted—in attempts to talk white people out o…
American Ignorance and the Discourse of Manageability Concerning the Care and Presentation of Black Hair
To Make a Scholar Black: A Constructive Analysis of the Discursive Orientation Toward Blackness
Africana scholars often address their texts to a reader who is implicitly white. This tendency, which this article characterizes as the “discursive orientation toward whiteness,” has the pernicious effect of limiting the range and rigor of scholars’ research questions and proposal. This analysis examines the other discursive “face,” following J. Saunders Redding’s observation from almost eighty years ago, which remains unnervingly insightful: “Ne…
(Re)Situating Geschlecht 3: The Political Stakes of Jacques Derrida’s Reading of Martin Heidegger’s Reading of Georg Trakl
In his 1985 lecture, Geschlecht III, Derrida sought to ‘situate Geschlecht within Heidegger’s path of thought’. Having identified a political disclosure of sorts in Heidegger’s discussion of the significance of Trakl’s poetic invocation of the polysemic, German word ‘Geschlecht’, Derrida intimates that Heidegger betrays ideas and presumptions concerning the ‘problematic of philosophical nationalism’. Given the contentious political context of Hei…
Black Male Studies in Literature: Ishmael Reed's and Richard Wright's Early Analyses of the “Man‐Not” avant la lettre
In the absence of an honest and rigorous research program to understand the conditions of Black males, negative stereotypes and pernicious caricatures persist. The relatively new field of Black Male Studies introduces a lens through which to evaluate past and present characterizations and inferences, as well as a set of tools for producing useful proposals that do not presume caricaturizing pathologies. Inquiries begin from two basic premises. Fi…
Sociology (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ignorance (3 works)