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The Culture War In The Civil Rights Move
Joe Street
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Description for The Culture War In The Civil Rights Move
Hardback. From Aretha Franklin and James Baldwin to Dick Gregory and Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement deliberately used music, art, theater, and literature as political weapons to broaden the struggle and legitimize its appeal. This work encourages us to consider the breadth of forces brought to bear as weapons in the struggle for civil rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 163.
From Aretha Franklin and James Baldwin to Dick Gregory and Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement deliberately used music, art, theater, and literature as political weapons to broaden the struggle and legitimize its appeal.Joe Street places these cultural forms at the center of the civil rights struggle, arguing that the time has come to recognize the extent to which African American history and culture were vital elements of the movement, calculated to broaden the movement's appeal within the larger black community. He places considerable emphasis on Amiri Baraka's interpretation of the importance of music and art to the development ... Read more
From Aretha Franklin and James Baldwin to Dick Gregory and Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement deliberately used music, art, theater, and literature as political weapons to broaden the struggle and legitimize its appeal.Joe Street places these cultural forms at the center of the civil rights struggle, arguing that the time has come to recognize the extent to which African American history and culture were vital elements of the movement, calculated to broaden the movement's appeal within the larger black community. He places considerable emphasis on Amiri Baraka's interpretation of the importance of music and art to the development ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813031965
SKU
V9780813031965
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About Joe Street
Joe Street is a lecturer in modern American history at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
Reviews for The Culture War In The Civil Rights Move
Eloquently reaffirms the notion that an informed understanding of Black America's multifaceted culture is foundational to fathoming the complexities of the black freedom movement. - William L. Van Deburg, University of Wisconsin, Madison