{"product_id":"the-devil-finds-work-an-essay-by-james-baldwin","title":"The Devil Finds Work: An Essay by James Baldwin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom \"the best essayist in this country” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the films that have shaped our consciousness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaldwin’s personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also an appraisal of American racial politics. Offering a look at racism in American movies and a vision of America’s self-delusions and deceptions, Baldwin considers such films as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Exorcist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are our loves and hates, biases and cruelties, fears and ignorance reflected by the films that have entertained and shaped us. And here too is the stunning prose of a writer whose passion never diminished his struggle for equality, justice, and social change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68137040216380,"sku":"9780307275950","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/81-KLma44YL._SL1500.avif?v=1794346736","url":"https:\/\/frugalbookstore.net\/products\/the-devil-finds-work-an-essay-by-james-baldwin","provider":"Frugal Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}