Spectacular blackness

Ongiri, Amy Abugo, 1968-

Spectacular blackness the cultural politics of the Black power movement and the search for a Black aesthetic / [electronic resource] : Amy Abugo Ongiri. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010. - x, 223 p.

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

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Black Panther Party--History.


Black power--History--United States--20th century.
Black Arts movement.
Black nationalism--History--United States--20th century.
African American arts--20th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
African Americans--Race identity.
Arts--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

E185.615 / .O63 2010eb

322.4/20973