Black utopia : the history of an idea from black nationalism to Afrofuturism / Alex Zamalin.
Black utopia : the history of an idea from black nationalism to Afrofuturism / Alex Zamalin.
Black utopia : the history of an idea from black nationalism to Afrofuturism / Alex Zamalin.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
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G 2020/0516
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Language
English
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Physical content
182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : utopia and black American thought -- Martin Delany's experiments in escape -- Turn of the century black literary utopianism -- W.E.B. Du Bois's world of utopian intimacy -- George S. Schuyler, irony and utopia -- Richard Wright's black power and anticolonial antiutopianism -- Sun Ra a...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"Within the history of African American struggle against racist oppression that often verges on dystopia, a hidden tradition has depicted a transfigured world. Daring to speculate on a future beyond white supremacy, black utopian artists and thinkers offer powerful visions of ways of being that are built on radical concepts of justice and freedom....
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Black utopia : the history of an idea from black nationalism to Afrofuturism / Alex Zamalin.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index.
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G 2020/0516
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74VKaZakGO43
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ISBN
9780231187404 (cloth)
0231187408
9780231187411 (paperback)
0231187416 (paperback)
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973.0496073
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991024290902902626
