ABSTRACT

In 1976, James Baldwin’s The Devil Finds Work is published, a scathingly telling piece of cinematic critique at the height of exploitation and the ongoing efforts of the Black Liberation Movement (BLM). Prior to that in 1963, Baldwin had published The Fire Next Time, a poignant letter to a nephew on the state of America in the midst of eventual civil unrest. What is presented is a fictionalized letter to a family member that takes the reader through a day-in-the-life of a racialised self within a society that does the work of racialising through forms of leisure entertainment, all in the midst of a pandemic and global civil unrest. Within that day, Baldwin’s work serves as the inspiration for this recollection and criticism, as very little has been discussed about fiction as entertainment for consumption and the implications of this consumption. Here, the devil finds leisure as much as work.

摘要

1976 年，詹姆斯·鲍德温 (James Baldwin) 的《魔鬼找到了工作》(The Devil Finds Work) 出版，这是一部在剥削和黑人解放运动 (BLM) 持续努力的高峰期的电影批评片断。在此之前的 1963 年，鲍德温出版了《下一次火灾》，这是一封写给侄子的一封感人的信，讲述了最终内乱中的美国状况。所呈现的是一封写给家庭成员的虚构信件，它带领读者在大流行期间通过休闲娱乐形式进行种族化工作的社会中经历种族化自我的日常生活和全球内乱。在那一天，鲍德温的作品成为了这种回忆和批评的灵感来源，因为很少有人讨论小说作为消费的娱乐以及这种消费的含义。