How it feels to be free : black women entertainers and the civil rights movement / Ruth Feldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldstein, Ruth, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women political activists--History--20th century.

African American women political activists.

African American women entertainers--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American women entertainers.

Performing arts--Political aspects--United States--20th century.

Performing arts.

African Americans--Music--Political aspects--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The civil rights movement and popular culture are so closely intertwined in American memory that, even today, the soundtrack of counter-cultural opposition is what many still associate with the 1960s mainstream. What is less remembered today is how risky political activism was, on and off-stage, for black female entertainers who were simultaneously trying to gain mass popularity. Rather than looking at the women of the sit-ins and popular protests, Feldstein in this project considers the public careers and activism of popular entertainers.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Performing Civil Rights""; ""1. “The World Was on Fire�: Making New York City Subcultures""; ""2. “Africa�s Musical Ambassador�: Miriam Makeba and the “Voice of Africa� in the United States""; ""3. “More Than Just a Jazz Performer�: Nina Simone�s Border Crossings""; ""4. “No One Asks Me What I Want�: Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, and the Promise of Integration in Popular Culture""; ""5. “So Beautiful in Those Rags�: Cicely Tyson, Popular Culture, and African American History in the 1970s""; ""Epilogue""

""Acknowledgments""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 8, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-931457-8

0-19-934481-7

0-19-971827-X