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In search of the Black fantastic [[electronic resource] ] : politics and popular culture in the post-Civil Rights era / / Richard Iton



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Autore: Iton Richard Visualizza persona
Titolo: In search of the Black fantastic [[electronic resource] ] : politics and popular culture in the post-Civil Rights era / / Richard Iton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
Disciplina: 323.11960730904
Soggetto topico: African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century
African Americans - Politics and government - 21st century
African Americans in popular culture
Popular culture - Political aspects - United States
African Americans - Race identity - Political aspects
African Americans - Intellectual life
Political culture - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations Political aspects
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-408) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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;
Sommario/riassunto: 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...
Titolo autorizzato: In search of the Black fantastic  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-988442-0
0-19-973360-0
9786611341909
0-19-972083-5
1-281-34190-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464868503321
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Serie: Transgressing boundaries.