African American Nationalist Literature of the 1960s
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1960s nationalism
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African American identity
African American Nationalism
African American Political Thought
African diaspora studies
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black cultural politics
Black Liberation Theology
black nationalism
black nationalist literary criticism
Black Terror
Black Theater Movement
Black Theology
Capitol Building
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Cultural Nationalism
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Free Southern Theatre
Hoffer's Theory
identity formation theory
Lafayette Theatre
literary political analysis
Malcolm X's death
Man's Field
Nationalist Poetry
Nationalist Works
revolutionary movements
Revolutionary Nationalism
Super Hero
twentieth century activism
Urban Black Church
White America
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780815324744
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Bringing together political theory and literary works, this study recreates the political climate which made the 1960s an unforgettable era for young black Americans. A chapter on The Many Shades of Black Nationalism, for instance, explains: why black nationalism is known by more than a dozen different names; how events in Africa influenced black nationalism in America; why Malcolm X's death had a greater impact on nationalism than did his life; and how the United States government unwittingly became nationalism's ally. Another chapter explores the bitter feud between the dominant factions of the 1960s-cultural and revolutionary nationalists. This feud erupted in both verbal and armed warfare and generated an abundance of political theory and literary works, much of which is out of circulation but is examined in the study. Nationalist poetry, theater, and fiction are each treated in separate chapters which exemplify the aesthetic and political concerns of this memorable period in American history and letters. Aside from its unique combination of artistic and political works, what makes this book important is the current revival of nationalist sentiment in African American life and arts. Though this revival is closely identified with the nationalism of the 1960s, it lacks the focus of that period. This study explains what gave the nationalism of the 1960s its focus, how that focus was expressed in art forms, and why 1960s nationalism continues to influence the African American identity and will probably do so well into the twenty-first century.
