Amiri Baraka : the politics and art of a Black intellectual / Jerry Gafio Watts
| Author(s): | Watts, Jerry Gafio |
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| Subjects: | Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century African Americans--Politics and government African Americans--Intellectual life Blacks--Politics and government African Americans in literature Blacks--Intellectual life Blacks in literature Baraka, Amiri, 1934---Political and social views Baraka, Amiri, 1934---Criticism and interpretation |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York : New York University Press, c2001 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1 1. Birth of an Intellectual Journey 21 2. Bohemian Immersions 44 3. An Alien among Outsiders 85 4. Rejecting Bohemia: The Politicization of Ethnic Guilt 141 5. The Quest for a Blacker Art 171 6. Toward a Black Arts Infrastructure 210 7. Black Arts Poet and Essayist 225 8. Black Revolutionary Playwright 259 9. Kawaida: Totalizing the Commitment 291 10. The Slave as Master: Black Nationalism, Kawaida, and the Repression of Women 325 11. New-Ark and the Emergence of Pragmatic Nationalism 348 12. Pan-Africanism 374 13. National Black Political Convention 401 14. Ever Faithful: Toward a Religious Marxism 420 15. The Artist as Marxist / The Marxist as Artist 444 Conclusion 464 Notes 481 Bibliography 553 Index 571 About the Author 577 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2001002006 ISBN: 0814793738 Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-570) and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 577 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 46678205 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0814793738 |