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A Nation within a Nation: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black Power Politics
Komozi Woodard
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Description for A Nation within a Nation: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black Power Politics
Paperback. The African-American poet and playwright, Amiri Baraka, helped ignite the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. This work examines Baraka's cultural approach to Black Power politics and explores his role in the phenomenal spread of black nationalism in the urban centres of late-20th century America. Num Pages: 348 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3; JPFN; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Poet and playwright Amiri Baraka is best known as one of the African American writers who helped ignite the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. This book examines Baraka's cultural approach to Black Power politics and explores his role in the phenomenal spread of black nationalism in the urban centers of late-twentieth-century America, including his part in the election of black public officials, his leadership in the Modern Black Convention Movement, and his work in housing and community development. Komozi Woodard traces Baraka's transformation from poet to political activist, as the rise of the Black Arts Movement pulled him from ... Read more
Poet and playwright Amiri Baraka is best known as one of the African American writers who helped ignite the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. This book examines Baraka's cultural approach to Black Power politics and explores his role in the phenomenal spread of black nationalism in the urban centers of late-twentieth-century America, including his part in the election of black public officials, his leadership in the Modern Black Convention Movement, and his work in housing and community development. Komozi Woodard traces Baraka's transformation from poet to political activist, as the rise of the Black Arts Movement pulled him from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807847619
SKU
V9780807847619
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99-15
About Komozi Woodard
Komozi Woodard is professor of American history at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. He has also worked extensively as an activist and journalist.
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