Brick City Vanguard Amiri Baraka, Black Music, Black Modernity |
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| Author:
| Smethurst, James |
| Series title: | African American Intellectual History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62534-515-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on primary texts, paratexts, audio and visual recordings, and archival sources, James Smethurst looks at how Amiri Baraka's writing on and performance of music envisioned the creation of an African American people or nation, as well as the growth and consolidation of a black working class within that nation, that resonates to this day.
Drawing on primary texts, paratexts, audio and visual recordings, and archival sources, James Smethurst looks at how Amiri Baraka's writing on and performance of music envisioned the creation of an African American people or nation, as well as the growth and consolidation of a black working class within that nation, that resonates to this day.