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Energy never dies : Afro-optimism and creativity in Chicago /

"From Afro Sheen to Theaster Gates and from Soul Train to Chance the Rapper, Black Chicago draws sustenance from a culture rooted in self-determination, aspiration, and hustle. In Energy Never Dies, Ayana Contreras embarks on a journey to share the implausible success stories and breathtaking a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Contreras, Ayana, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface: The verge of spring : optimism in black Chicago
  • On Stony Island Avenue : boulevard of black culture
  • Sort of a dream : the southern sensibility and flow of Chicago's West Side
  • Found : grooves ghostly white
  • Stax Fax : black Christmas begat a black love procession
  • All this talk about freedom : art, soul and the Blackstone Rangers
  • It's a Tom Tom, part 1 : tamales, barbecue, and 45s
  • It's a Tom Tom, part 2 : iron sharpening iron
  • Visions of soul : Afro Sheen, Soul Train, and black Chicago's close-up
  • Brand-new you : makeover, mind over
  • The coiling feedback loop of time.