Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers |
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Author:
| Wolfe, Tom |
ISBN: | 978-0-374-24600-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1987 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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The phrase radical chic was coined by Tom Wolfe in 1970 when Leonard Bernstein gave a party for the Black Panthers at his duplex apartment on Park Avenue. That incongrous scene is re-created here in high fidelity as is another meeting ground between militant minorities and the liberal white establishment.
The phrase radical chic was coined by Tom Wolfe in 1970 when Leonard Bernstein gave a party for the Black Panthers at his duplex apartment on Park Avenue. That incongrous scene is re-created here in high fidelity as is another meeting ground between militant minorities and the liberal white establishment.