Black Is Beautiful : A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics.
Taylor, Paul C.
Black Is Beautiful : A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (184 pages) - Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts Series . - Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts Series .
Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Between Baraka and Brandom -- Chapter 1: Assembly, Not Birth -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Inquiry and Assembly -- 3 On Blackness -- 4 On the Black Aesthetic Tradition -- 5 Black Aesthetics as/and Philosophy -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: No Negroes in Connecticut -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Stage: Blacking Up Zoe -- 3 Theorizing the (In)visible -- 4 Theorizing Visuality -- 5 Two Varieties of Black Invisibility: Presence and Personhood -- 6 From Persons to Characters: A Detour -- 7 Two More Varieties of Black Invisibility: Perspectives and Plurality -- 8 Unseeing Nina Simone -- 9 Conclusion: Phronesis and Power -- Chapter 3: Beauty to Set the World Right -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Blackness and the Political -- 3 Politics and Aesthetics -- 4 The Politics-Aesthetics Nexus in Black -- or, "The Black Nation: A Garvey Production" -- 5 Autonomy and Separatism -- 6 Propaganda, Truth, and Art -- 7 What is Life but Life? Reading Du Bois -- 8 Apostles of Truth and Right -- 9 On "Propaganda" -- 10 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Dark Lovely Yet And -- Or, How To Love Black Bodies While Hating Black People -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Circumscribing the Topic: Definitions and Distinctions -- 3 Circumscribing the Topic, cont'd: Context and Scope -- 4 The Cases -- 5 Reading the Cases -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Roots and Routes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Easy Case: The Germans in Yorubaland -- 3 A Harder Case: Kente Capers -- 4 Varieties of Authenticity -- 5 From Exegesis to Ethics -- 6 The Kente Case, Revisited -- Chapter 6: Make It Funky -- Or, Music's Cognitive Travels and the Despotism of Rhythm -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Beyond the How-Possible: Kivy's Questions -- 3 Stimulus, Culture, Race -- 4 Preliminaries: Rhythm, Brains, and Race Music -- 5 The Flaw in the Funk -- 6 (Soul) Power to the People. 7 Funky White Boys and Honorary Soul Sisters -- 8 Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- Index -- End User License Agreement.
9781118328675
Aesthetics, Black.
Electronic books.
BH301.B53 -- T39 2016eb
111.8508996073
Black Is Beautiful : A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (184 pages) - Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts Series . - Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts Series .
Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Between Baraka and Brandom -- Chapter 1: Assembly, Not Birth -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Inquiry and Assembly -- 3 On Blackness -- 4 On the Black Aesthetic Tradition -- 5 Black Aesthetics as/and Philosophy -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: No Negroes in Connecticut -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Stage: Blacking Up Zoe -- 3 Theorizing the (In)visible -- 4 Theorizing Visuality -- 5 Two Varieties of Black Invisibility: Presence and Personhood -- 6 From Persons to Characters: A Detour -- 7 Two More Varieties of Black Invisibility: Perspectives and Plurality -- 8 Unseeing Nina Simone -- 9 Conclusion: Phronesis and Power -- Chapter 3: Beauty to Set the World Right -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Blackness and the Political -- 3 Politics and Aesthetics -- 4 The Politics-Aesthetics Nexus in Black -- or, "The Black Nation: A Garvey Production" -- 5 Autonomy and Separatism -- 6 Propaganda, Truth, and Art -- 7 What is Life but Life? Reading Du Bois -- 8 Apostles of Truth and Right -- 9 On "Propaganda" -- 10 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Dark Lovely Yet And -- Or, How To Love Black Bodies While Hating Black People -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Circumscribing the Topic: Definitions and Distinctions -- 3 Circumscribing the Topic, cont'd: Context and Scope -- 4 The Cases -- 5 Reading the Cases -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Roots and Routes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Easy Case: The Germans in Yorubaland -- 3 A Harder Case: Kente Capers -- 4 Varieties of Authenticity -- 5 From Exegesis to Ethics -- 6 The Kente Case, Revisited -- Chapter 6: Make It Funky -- Or, Music's Cognitive Travels and the Despotism of Rhythm -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Beyond the How-Possible: Kivy's Questions -- 3 Stimulus, Culture, Race -- 4 Preliminaries: Rhythm, Brains, and Race Music -- 5 The Flaw in the Funk -- 6 (Soul) Power to the People. 7 Funky White Boys and Honorary Soul Sisters -- 8 Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- Index -- End User License Agreement.
9781118328675
Aesthetics, Black.
Electronic books.
BH301.B53 -- T39 2016eb
111.8508996073