African American literature in transition, 1960-1970 : black art, politics, and aesthetics / edited by Shelly Eversley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eversley, Shelly, 1969- editor.

Series:

African American literature in transition.

African American literature in transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

African Americans in literature.

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

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

African American arts--20th century.

African American arts.

African American aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This volume considers innovations, transitions, and traditions in both familiar and unfamiliar texts and moments in 1960s African American literature and culture. It interrogates declarations of race, authenticity, personal and collective empowerment, political action, and aesthetics within this key decade. It is divided into three sections. The first section engages poetry and music as pivotal cultural form in 1960s literary transitions. The second section explains how literature, culture, and politics intersect to offer a blueprint for revolution within and beyond the United States. The final section addresses literary and cultural moments that are lesser-known in the canon of African American literature and culture. This book presents the 1960s as a unique commitment to art, when 'Black' became a political identity, one in which racial social justice became inseparable from aesthetic practice.

Contents:

Introduction: Black Art in Transition / Shelly Eversley

Part I: Poetry and Music

The Society of Umbra and the Coming of the Black Aesthetic / Keith D. Leonard

Robert Hayden, the Black Arts Movement, and the Politics of Aesthetic Distance / Derik Smith

Sonia Sanchez through the Lens of Afro-Latinidad / Patricia Herrera

Reconsidering "the Revolution in Music" / Eric Porter

Part II: Culture and Politics

The Rights of Black Love / Dagmawi Woubshet

Albert Murray Beyond Plight and Blight / Paul C. Taylor

Espionage and the Paths of Black Radicalism / GerShun Avilez

The Necessary Violence of Frantz Fanon and Malcolm X in Global Black Revolution / Kelly M. Nims

Part III: Beyond the Canon

Meanwhile, Back on the Home Front / Phillip Brian Harper

Radio Free Dixie, Black Arts Radio, and African American Women's Activism / Cheryl Higashida.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Nov 2022).

ISBN:

9781108395274

1108395279

9781108397315

110839731X

9781108386043

1108386040