LEADER 03518nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910464868503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-988442-0 010 $a0-19-973360-0 010 $a9786611341909 010 $a0-19-972083-5 010 $a1-281-34190-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000298735 035 $a(EBL)415430 035 $a(OCoLC)476242387 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000177787 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174554 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177787 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10217844 035 $a(PQKB)10412486 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023887 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415430 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415430 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10229924 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL134190 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000298735 100 $a20071005d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn search of the Black fantastic$b[electronic resource] $epolitics and popular culture in the post-Civil Rights era /$fRichard Iton 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (433 p.) 225 1 $aTransgressing boundaries 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-517846-7 311 $a0-19-985181-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-408) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; 330 $aPrior to the 1960's, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture emerged as a tool to forge community and effect political change. However, with the new avenues opened to African Americans in the post-Civil Rights era, many believe the influence of black popular culture on the political sphere began to diminish steadily. Yet as Richard Iton shows in this uniquely trenchant volume, despite the changes brought about by the Civil Rights movement--and contrary to the wishes of those committed to narrower conceptions of politics--black artists have... 410 0$aTransgressing boundaries. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government$y21st century 606 $aAfrican Americans in popular culture 606 $aPopular culture$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican Americans$xRace identity$xPolitical aspects 606 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government 615 0$aAfrican Americans in popular culture. 615 0$aPopular culture$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xRace identity$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aPolitical culture 676 $a323.11960730904 700 $aIton$b Richard$0889829 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464868503321 996 $aIn search of the Black fantastic$92232262 997 $aUNINA