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Author Iton, Richard

Title In search of the Black fantastic : politics and popular culture in the post-Civil Rights era / Richard Iton
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (424 pages)
Series Transgressing boundaries
Transgressing boundaries.
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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture was commonly seen as a means of forging community and effecting political change. But as Richard Iton shows, despite the changes politics, black artists have continued to play a significant role in the making of critical social spaces
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject 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
African Americans in popular culture
African Americans -- Intellectual life
African Americans -- Politics and government
Political culture
Popular culture -- Political aspects
Race relations -- Political aspects
Ethnische Identität
Politik
Massenkultur
Schwarze
Blacks.
Popular culture.
Political culture.
Afro-amerikaner -- politisk verksamhet.
Politisk kultur -- Förenta staterna.
Rasrelationer -- Förenta staterna.
Populärkultur -- politiska aspekter -- Förenta staterna.
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects
Subject United States
USA
Schwärze
United States.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007041197
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