Bibliograph

The Black Arts Movement, literary nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s, James Edward Smethurst

Type

Label

The Black Arts Movement, literary nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s, James Edward Smethurst

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Black Arts Movement

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

James Edward Smethurst

Series statement

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Sub title

literary nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s

Summary

Emerging from a matrix of Old Left, black nationalist, and bohemian ideologies and institutions, African American artists and intellectuals in the 1960s coalesced to form the Black Arts Movement, the cultural wing of the Black Power Movement. In this comprehensive analysis, James Smethurst examines the formation of the Black Arts Movement and demonstrates how it deeply influenced the production and reception of literature and art in the United States through its negotiations of the ideological climate of the Cold War, decolonization, and the civil rights movement.Taking a regional approach, Smethurst examines local expressions of the nascent Black Arts Movement, a movement distinctive in its geographical reach and diversity, while always keeping the frame of the larger movement in view. The Black Arts Movement, he argues, fundamentally changed American attitudes about the relationship between popular culture and "high" art and dramatically transformed the landscape of public funding for the arts

Target audience

adult

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