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In search of the Black fantastic : politics and popular culture in the post-Civil Rights era /
Prior to the 1960s, 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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Transgressing boundaries.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Prior to the 1960s, 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 conti. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (424 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-408) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199720835 0199720835 1281341908 9781281341907 |