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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811851503321
• Autore: Ongiri Amy Abugo <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-280-48991-X; 9786613585141; 0-8139-2960-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: She traces the emergence of this Black aesthetic from its origin in the Black Power movement's emphasis on the creation of visual icons and the Black Arts movement's celebration of urban vernacular culture.