03485nam 2200769Ia 450 991079225290332120230721015404.00-19-988442-00-19-973360-097866113419090-19-972083-51-281-34190-8(CKB)2560000000298735(EBL)415430(OCoLC)476242387(SSID)ssj0000177787(PQKBManifestationID)11174554(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177787(PQKBWorkID)10217844(PQKB)10412486(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023887(MiAaPQ)EBC415430(Au-PeEL)EBL415430(CaPaEBR)ebr10229924(CaONFJC)MIL134190(EXLCZ)99256000000029873520071005d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIn search of the Black fantastic[electronic resource] politics and popular culture in the post-Civil Rights era /Richard ItonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (433 p.)Transgressing boundariesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-517846-7 0-19-985181-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-408) and index.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;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 volume, despite the changes brought about by the Civil Rights movement--and contrary to the wishes of those committed to narrower conceptions of politics--black artists have...Transgressing boundaries.African AmericansPolitics and government20th centuryAfrican AmericansPolitics and government21st centuryAfrican Americans in popular culturePopular culturePolitical aspectsUnited StatesAfrican AmericansRace identityPolitical aspectsAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifePolitical cultureUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican Americans in popular culture.Popular culturePolitical aspectsAfrican AmericansRace identityPolitical aspects.African AmericansIntellectual life.Political culture323.11960730904Iton Richard1535470MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792252903321In search of the Black fantastic3783720UNINA