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1. 1. Circulating Emotions in James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man and in American Society

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Alexandra Cassel; [2017]
   Keywords : Ahmed; America; Baldwin; emotions; fear; Freud; psychoanalysis; racism; sexuality; stereotypes; uncanny;

   Abstract : This essay explores how James Baldwin’s short story Going to Meet the Man depicts racist attitudes toward African-Americans in American society. Further, this essay also shows how racism is linked to a circulation of emotions that unconsciously generates a xenophobic nation affecting even those who implicitly are regarded as genuine citizens of that community. READ MORE