A Pure Solar World – Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-72636-9 (ISBN)
By thoroughly examining the astro-black mythology that Sun Ra espoused, Youngquist masterfully demonstrates that he offered both a holistic response to a planet desperately in need of new visions and vibrations and a new kind of political activism that used popular culture to advance social change. In a nation obsessed with space and confused about race, Sun Ra aimed not just at assimilation for the socially disfranchised but even more at a wholesale transformation of American society and a more creative, egalitarian world.
Paul Youngquist teaches English at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author or editor of six books, including Cyberfiction: After the Future, Monstrosities: Bodies and British Romanticism, and Race, Romanticism, and the Atlantic. He now devotes much of his energy to studying the histories, written and oral, of resistance and creativity in the Caribbean.
* Acknowledgments * Prelude to Infinity * Intro: Wonder Inn *1. Alien *2. Marienville *3. Bronzeville *4. Thmei *5. Egypt *6. Washington Park *7. Arkestra *8. Immeasurable Equation *9. El Saturn *10. Isotope Teleportation *11. Cry of Jazz *12. Sputnik *13. Rocketry *14. Tomorrowland *15. Interplanetary Exotica *16. Space Music *17. Myth Science *18. Black Man in the Cosmos *19. Space Is the Place *20. Tokens of Infinity *21. Continuation * Outro: Extensions Out * Notes * Bibliography * Discography * Credits and Permissions * Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 23.10.2016 |
---|---|
Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 164 x 236 mm |
Gewicht | 662 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues | |
ISBN-10 | 0-292-72636-8 / 0292726368 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-72636-9 / 9780292726369 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich