The Black Arts Movement : literary nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s

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Label

The Black Arts Movement : literary nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s

Title remainder

literary nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s

Statement of responsibility

James Edward Smethurst

Creator

• Smethurst, James Edward

Subject

• Black nationalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Black Arts (Mouvement artistique)
• American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
• Black nationalism in literature
• African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• Noirs américains dans la littérature
• Noirs américains -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle
• Littérature américaine -- Auteurs noirs américains | Histoire et critique
• Black Arts movement
• Nationalisme noir -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
• African Americans in literature
• Nationalisme noir dans la littérature

Language

eng

Summary

Emerging from a matrix of Old Left, black nationalist, and bohemian ideologies and institutions, African American artists and intellectuals in the 1960s coalesced to form the Black Arts Movement, the cultural wing of the Black Power Movement. In this comprehensive analysis, James Smethurst examines the formation of the Black Arts Movement and demonstrates how it deeply influenced the production and reception of literature and art in the United States through its negotiations of the ideological climate of the Cold War, decolonization, and the civil rights movement. Taking a regional approach, Smethurst examines local expressions of the nascent Black Arts Movement, a movement distinctive in its geographical reach and diversity, while always keeping the frame of the larger movement in view. The Black Arts Movement, he argues, fundamentally changed American attitudes about the relationship between popular culture and "high" art and dramatically transformed the landscape of public funding for the arts

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

810.9/896073

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PS153.N5

LC item number

S56 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture