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Autore |
Iton Richard |
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Titolo |
In search of the Black fantastic [[electronic resource] ] : politics and popular culture in the post-Civil Rights era / / Richard Iton |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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0-19-988442-0 |
0-19-973360-0 |
9786611341909 |
0-19-972083-5 |
1-281-34190-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (433 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century |
African Americans - Politics and government - 21st century |
African Americans in popular culture |
Popular culture - Political aspects - United States |
African Americans - Race identity - Political aspects |
African Americans - Intellectual life |
Political culture - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Race relations Political aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-408) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 Known Rivers/New Forms; 2 Remembering the Family; 3 Nation Time; 4 Let Them Only See Us; 5 Variations on the Solidarity Blues; 6 Round Trips on the Black Star Line; 7 Not as Others; 8 Space Is the Place; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Prior to the 1960's, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture emerged as a tool to forge community and effect political change. However, with the new avenues opened to African Americans in the post-Civil Rights era, many believe the influence of black popular culture on the political sphere began to diminish steadily. Yet as Richard Iton shows in this uniquely trenchant |
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