Black Radicalisms in Canada and the Politics of Respectability in Austin Clarke’s In Your Crib
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21665713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cornel Bogle (0009-0008-3788-7094, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Pages | 123-136 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TOPIA Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1206-0143 • E-ISSN: 1916-0194 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/topia-2020-0013 |
| OpenAlex | W4210442059 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Now, over five decades after the events at Sir George Williams College, what are the possibilities for Black radical action in Canada? And what, or rather who, stands in the way of such possibilities? In order to get close to these questions, this article examines Austin Clarke’s last published book of poetry, In Your Crib. I argue that through the figure of the elder persona, Clarke explores the limitations of respectability politics—manifested through the adoption of liberal reformist politics by former Black radicals—as well as the problematics of attachments to linear teleological perspectives of Black radical politics
Art · Art history · Environmental ethics · Humanities · Persona · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Teleology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Poetry Analysis and Criticism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |