Spectacular Blackness : The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic.

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.

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