African American Arts - Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity (Paperback)

Signaling such recent activist and aesthetic concepts in the work of Kara Walker, Childish Gambino, BLM, Janelle Monáe, and Kendrick Lamar, and marking the exit of the Obama Administration and the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, this anthology explores the role of African American arts in shaping the future, and further informing new directions we might take in honoring and protecting the success of African Americans in the U.S. The essays in African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity engage readers in critical conversations by activists, scholars, and artists reflecting on national and transnational legacies of African American activism as an element of artistic practice, particularly as they concern artistic expression and race relations, and the intersections of creative processes with economic, sociological, and psychological inequalities. Scholars from the fields of communication, theater, queer studies, media studies, performance studies, dance, visual arts, and fashion design, to name a few, collectively ask: What are the connections between African American arts, the work of social justice, and creative processes? If we conceive the arts as critical to the legacy of Black activism in the United States, how can we use that construct to inform our understanding of the complicated intersections of African American activism and aesthetics? How might we as scholars and creative thinkers further employ the arts to envision and shape a verdant society? Contributors: Carrie Mae Weems, Carmen Gillespie, Rikki Byrd, Amber Lauren Johnson, Doria E. Charlson, Florencia V. Cornet, Daniel McNeil, Lucy Caplan, Genevieve Hyacinthe, Sammantha McCalla, Nettrice R. Gaskins, Abby Dobson, J. Michael Kinsey, Shondrika Moss-Bouldin, Julie B. Johnson, Sharrell D. Luckett, Jasmine Eileen Coles, Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, Rickerby Hinds. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. 

General

Imprint:	Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Griot Project Book Series
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2020
Editors:	Sharrell D. Luckett
Foreword by:	Carrie Mae Weems
Contributors:	Sharrell D. Luckett • Carmen Gillespie • Rikki Byrd • Amber Lauren Johnson • Doria E. Charlson • Florencia V. Cornet • Daniel Mcneil • Lucy Caplan
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-1-68448-152-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-68448-152-X
Barcode:	9781684481521

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