African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity

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African American Arts

Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity

Herausgegeben von: Sharrell D. Luckett
Mit Beiträgen von: Sharrell D. Luckett , 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 , Jasmine Eileen Coles , Tawnya Pettiford-Wates und Rickerby Hinds
Vorwort von: Carrie Mae Weems

Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 2020

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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.

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SHARRELL D. LUCKETT is director of the Helen Weinberger Center for Drama and Playwriting and an assistant professor of drama and performance studies at the University of Cincinnati. She is the founding director of the Black Acting Methods Studio, a training program in performance theory and practice.

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“In African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity, Sharrell D. Luckett brings together a treasure trove of essays that contribute greatly to the extant literature on black art and the political economic conditions through which they emerge. With the same care to aesthetics as the artists they analyze, each of the authors in the volume demonstrates that race, artistry, and activism are intimately imbricated—and must be if there is to be a black future.”

— E. Patrick Johnson, author of Appropriating Blackness: Performance and Politics of Authenticity

"Three essays will be especially noteworthy for readers new to this topic: Abby Dobson's “From Baldwin to Beyoncé,” Lucy Caplan's 'Race and History on the Operatic Stage,' and Jasmine Coles and Tawnya Pettiford-Wates's 'The Conciliation Project as a Social Experiment.' The last of these explores 'Uncle Tom-ism' as portrayed in minstrel shows and deconstructs the bipolar extremes of the good versus bad slave. Recommended."

— Choice

"A compendium of provocative, smart contemporary thought on the politics of culture and possibilities for progressive interventions; and it surveys various fields, identifying figures and projects of worth."

— Offscreen

"A compendium of provocative, smart contemporary thought on the politics of culture and possibilities for progressive interventions; and it surveys various fields, identifying figures and projects of worth."

— Offscreen

"Three essays will be especially noteworthy for readers new to this topic: Abby Dobson's “From Baldwin to Beyoncé,” Lucy Caplan's 'Race and History on the Operatic Stage,' and Jasmine Coles and Tawnya Pettiford-Wates's 'The Conciliation Project as a Social Experiment.' The last of these explores 'Uncle Tom-ism' as portrayed in minstrel shows and deconstructs the bipolar extremes of the good versus bad slave. Recommended."

— Choice

“In African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity, Sharrell D. Luckett brings together a treasure trove of essays that contribute greatly to the extant literature on black art and the political economic conditions through which they emerge. With the same care to aesthetics as the artists they analyze, each of the authors in the volume demonstrates that race, artistry, and activism are intimately imbricated—and must be if there is to be a black future.”

— E. Patrick Johnson, author of Appropriating Blackness: Performance and Politics of Authenticity

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Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Frontmatter Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	i
CONTENTS Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	vii
ILLUSTRATIONS Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	ix
SERIES EDITOR FOREWORD Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	xi
VISUAL FOREWORD Carrie Mae Weems Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	xiii
INTRODUCTION African American Arts in Action Sharrell D. Luckett Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	1
Part 1 BODIES OF ACTIVISM
1 • TRANS IDENTITY AS EMBODIED AFROFUTURISM Amber Johnson Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	15
2 • DESIGNING OUR FREEDOM Toward a New Discourse on Fashion as a Strategy for Self-Liberation Rikki Byrd Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	29
3 • PEARL PRIMUS’S CHOREO-ACTIVISM 1943–1949 Doria E. Charlson Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	41
4 • PERFORMING NEW NATIONALISM/ PERFORMING A LIVING CULTURE Josefina Báez’s Dominicanish¹ Florencia V. Cornet Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	51
5 • ETHNICITY, ETHICALNESS, EXCELLENCE Armond White’s All-American Humanism Daniel Mcneil Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	69
6 • RACE AND HISTORY ON THE OPERATIC STAGE Caterina Jarboro Sings Aida Lucy Caplan Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	89
Part 2 MUSIC AND VISUAL ART AS ACTIVISM
7 • “I AM BASQUIAT” Tracing Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Alterity and Activism in Paint and Performance Genevieve Hyacinthe Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	105
8 • “I LUH GOD” Erica Campbell, Trap Gospel, and the Moral Mask of Language Discrimination Sammantha Mccalla Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	127
9 • THE HIDDEN CODE OF THE KONGO COSMOGRAM IN AFRICAN AMERICAN ART AND CULTURE Nettrice R. Gaskins Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	139
10 • FROM BALDWIN TO BEYONCÉ Exploring the Responsibility of the Artist in Society— Re-envisioning the Black Female Sonic Artist as Citizen Abby Dobson Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	152
11 • SLAYING “FORMATION” A Queering of Black Radical Tradition J . Michael Kinsey Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	174
Part 3 INSTITUTIONS OF ACTIVISM
12 • CENTERING BLACKNESS THROUGH PERFORMANCE IN EVERY 28 HOURS Shondrika Moss-Bouldin Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	191
13 • DANCING FOR JUSTICE PHILADELPHIA Embodiment, Dance, and Social Change Julie B. Johnson Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	201
14 • A CONVERSATION WITH FREDDIE HENDRICKS OF THE FREDDIE HENDRICKS YOUTH ENSEMBLE OF ATLANTA Sharrell D. Luckett Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	214
15 • THE CONCILIATION PROJECT AS A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT Behind the Mask of Uncle Tom-ism and the Performance of Blackness Jasmine Coles und Tawnya Pettiford-Wates Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	220
BLACKBALLIN’ A Play Rickerby Hinds Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	237
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	307
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	309
INDEX Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	313

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