{"product_id":"deadpan-the-aesthetics-of-black-inexpression-9781479811212","title":"Deadpan: The Aesthetics of Black Inexpression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores expressionlessness, inscrutability, and emotional withholding in Black cultural production\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguing that inexpression is a gesture that acquires distinctive meanings in concert with blackness, \u003ci\u003eDeadpan\u003c\/i\u003e tracks instances and meanings of deadpan-a vaudeville term meaning \"dead face\"-across literature, theater, visual and performance art, and the performance of self in everyday life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTina Post reveals that the performance of purposeful withholding is a critical tool in the work of black culture makers, intervening in the persistent framing of African American aesthetics as colorful, loud, humorous, and excessive. Beginning with the expressionless faces of mid-twentieth-century documentary photography and proceeding to early twenty-first-century drama, this project examines performances of blackness's deadpan aesthetic within and beyond black embodiments, including Young Jean Lee's \u003ci\u003eThe Shipment\u003c\/i\u003e and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's \u003ci\u003eNeighbors\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Buster Keaton's signature character and Steve McQueen's restitution of the former's legacy within the continuum of Black cultural production. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this varied archive, Post reveals how deadpan aesthetics function in and between opacity and fugitivity, minimalism and saturation, excess and insensibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15356548\"\u003eTina Post\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479811212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479811211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART060000\"\u003ePerformance\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC056000\"\u003eBlack Studies (Global)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC070000\"\u003eRace \u0026amp; Ethnic Relations\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTina Post\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Chicago.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44491024007405,"sku":"9781479811212","price":50.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_eebce9b8-9b8f-48e8-851b-d3a409c44a72.jpg?v=1700881383","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/deadpan-the-aesthetics-of-black-inexpression-9781479811212","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}