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1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Race and American culture
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Race and American culture.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
African-American antimodernism and the American sixties -- Mourning song: Robert Hayden and the politics of memory -- Modern doubt to antimodern commitment: Paule Marshall and William Demby -- Meditations: John Coltrane and freedom -- Prevalence of ritual in an age of change: Romare Bearden -- W.E.B. Du Bois and dedication to the dead -- What's going on : "the most truly modern of all people." |
Summary |
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book argues that American artistry in the Sixties can be understood as one of the most vital and compelling interrogations of modernity. James C. Hall finds that the legacy of slavery and the resistance to it have by necessity made African Americans among the most incisive critics and celebrants of the Enlightenment inheritance. Focusing on the work of six individuals-Robert Hayden, William Demby, Paule Marshall, John Coltrane, Romare Bearden, and W.E.B. DuBois-Mercy, Mercy Me seeks to recover an American tradition of evaluating the "dialectic of the Enlightenment." |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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African American arts -- 20th century.
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African American arts. |
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African Americans -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Social life and customs. |
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Modernism (Art) -- United States.
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Modernism (Art) |
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United States. |
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Modernism (Literature) -- United States.
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Modernism (Literature) |
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United States -- History -- 1961-1969.
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History. |
Chronological Term |
1961-1969 |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970.
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Manners and customs. |
Chronological Term |
1945-1970 |
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Intellectual life. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hall, James C., 1960- Mercy, mercy me. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (DLC) 00055774 |
ISBN |
9780195096095 (acid-free paper) |
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0195096096 (acid-free paper) |
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9780198025627 (electronic book) |
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0198025629 (electronic book) |
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1280451157 |
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9781280451157 |
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0195096096 (acid-free paper) |
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