Spectacular blackness the cultural politics of the Black power movement and the search for a Black aesthetic /

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Main Author: Ongiri, Amy Abugo, 1968-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
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Table of 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.