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Transatlantic Cultural Exchange : African American Women's Art and Activism in West Germany.

From Josephine Baker's performances in the 1920s to the 1970s solidarity campaigns for Angela Davis, from Audre Lorde as "mother" of the Afro-German movement in the 1980s to the literary stardom of 1993 Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Germans have actively engaged with African American...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gerund, Katharina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, 2014.
Colección:American studies (Transcript (Firm))
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Sumario:From Josephine Baker's performances in the 1920s to the 1970s solidarity campaigns for Angela Davis, from Audre Lorde as "mother" of the Afro-German movement in the 1980s to the literary stardom of 1993 Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Germans have actively engaged with African American women's art and activism throughout the 20th century. The discursive strategies that have shaped the (West) German reactions to African American women's social activism and cultural work are examined in this study, which proposes not only a nuanced understanding of "African Americanizations" as a form of cultural.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (317 pages)
ISBN:9783839422731
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