Spectacular Blackness : The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic.
Ongiri, Amy Abugo.
Spectacular Blackness : The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (236 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Cotton Comes to Harlem An Introduction -- 1. "Black Is Beautiful!" Black Power Culture, Visual Culture, and the Black Panther Party -- 2. Radical Chic Affiliation, Identification, and the Black Panther Party -- 3. "We Waitin' on You" Black Power, Black Intellectuals, and the Search to Define a Black Aesthetic -- 4. "People Get Ready!" Music, Revolutionary Nationalism, and the Black Arts Movement -- 5. "You Better Watch This Good Shit!" Black Spectatorship, Black Masculinity, and Blaxploitation Film -- Conclusion Dick Gregory at the Playboy Club -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
She traces the emergence of this Black aesthetic from its origin in the Black Power movement's emphasis on the creation of visual icons and the Black Arts movement's celebration of urban vernacular culture.
9780813929606
Black Panther Party--History.
Black power--United States--History--20th century.
Black Arts movement.
Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century.
African American arts--20th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
African Americans--Race identity.
Arts--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
E185.615.O63 2010
322.4/20973
Spectacular Blackness : The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (236 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Cotton Comes to Harlem An Introduction -- 1. "Black Is Beautiful!" Black Power Culture, Visual Culture, and the Black Panther Party -- 2. Radical Chic Affiliation, Identification, and the Black Panther Party -- 3. "We Waitin' on You" Black Power, Black Intellectuals, and the Search to Define a Black Aesthetic -- 4. "People Get Ready!" Music, Revolutionary Nationalism, and the Black Arts Movement -- 5. "You Better Watch This Good Shit!" Black Spectatorship, Black Masculinity, and Blaxploitation Film -- Conclusion Dick Gregory at the Playboy Club -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
She traces the emergence of this Black aesthetic from its origin in the Black Power movement's emphasis on the creation of visual icons and the Black Arts movement's celebration of urban vernacular culture.
9780813929606
Black Panther Party--History.
Black power--United States--History--20th century.
Black Arts movement.
Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century.
African American arts--20th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
African Americans--Race identity.
Arts--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
E185.615.O63 2010
322.4/20973