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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821088303321

Autore

Martin Waldo E. <1951->

Titolo

No coward soldiers [[electronic resource] ] : Black cultural politics and postwar America / / Waldo E. Martin, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-04068-6

Descrizione fisica

161 p. : ill

Collana

The Nathan I. Huggins lectures

Classificazione

MG 70080

Disciplina

305.896/073/09045

Soggetti

African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century

African Americans - Race identity

African American arts - 20th century

Politics and culture - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Keep on Pushin'" -- 1. "I, Too, Sing America" -- 2. "Spirit in the Dark" -- 3. "Be Real Black for Me" -- Epilogue: Black to the Future -- Notes -- Credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a vibrant and passionate exploration of the twentieth-century civil rights and black power eras in American history, Martin uses cultural politics as a lens through which to understand the African-American freedom struggle. In the transformative postwar period, the intersection between culture and politics became increasingly central to the African-American fight for equality. In freedom songs, in the exuberance of an Aretha Franklin concert, in Faith Ringgold's exploration of race and sexuality, the personal and social became the political.