Spectacular blackness [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural politics of the Black power movement and the search for a Black aesthetic / / Amy Abugo Ongiri

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781647403321
• Autore: Ongiri Amy Abugo <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-280-48991-X; 9786613585141; 0-8139-2960-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 322.4/20973
• Soggetti: Black power - United States - History - 20th century; Black Arts movement; Black nationalism - United States - History - 20th century; African American arts - 20th century; African Americans - Intellectual life - 20th century; African Americans - Race identity; Arts - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cotton comes to Harlem, an introduction -- "Black is beautiful!", Black power culture, visual culture, and the Black Panther Party -- Radical chic, affiliation, identification, and the Black Panther Party -- "We waitin' on you", Black power, Black intellectuals, and the search to define a Black aesthetic -- "People get ready!", music, revolutionary nationalism, and the Black arts movement -- "You better watch this good shit!", Black spectatorship, Black masculinity, and Blaxploitation film -- Conclusion, Dick Gregory at the Playboy Club.