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Author Ongiri, Amy Abugo, 1968-

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

Imprint Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 223 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Black Panther Party -- History.
Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Black Arts movement.
Black nationalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African American arts -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Arts -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813928593 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813928591 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813928609 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813928605 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813929601 (electronic bk.)
9780813929606 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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