Spectacular blackness : the cultural politics of the Black power movement and the search for a Black aesthetic / Amy Abugo Ongiri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ongiri, Amy Abugo, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black power--United States--History--20th century.

Black power.

Black Arts movement.

Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century.

Black nationalism.

African American arts--20th century.

African American arts.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Race identity.

Arts--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Arts.

Black Panther Party--History.

Black Panther Party.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cotton comes to Harlem, an introduction

"Black is beautiful!", Black power culture, visual culture, and the Black Panther Party

Radical chic, affiliation, identification, and the Black Panther Party

"We waitin' on you", Black power, Black intellectuals, and the search to define a Black aesthetic

"People get ready!", music, revolutionary nationalism, and the Black arts movement

"You better watch this good shit!", Black spectatorship, Black masculinity, and Blaxploitation film

Conclusion, Dick Gregory at the Playboy Club.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.

ISBN:

9786613585141

9781280489914

128048991X

9780813929606

0813929601

OCLC:

753976363