Biko's ghost : the iconography of Black Consciousness /

""When you say, 'Black is Beautiful,' what in fact you are saying. is: Man, you are okay as you are; begin to look upon yourself as a human being." With such statements, Stephen Biko became the voice of Black Consciousness. And with Biko's brutal death in the custody of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hill, Shannen L., 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Subjects:

MARC

Tag First Indicator Second Indicator Subfields
LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 in00003530421
005 20151105222302.0
008 150105s2015 mnuaf b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2015000052 
020 |a 9780816676361  |q hardcover 
020 |a 0816676364  |q hardcover 
020 |a 9780816676378  |q paperback 
020 |a 0816676372  |q paperback 
035 |a (OCoLC)ocn894746294 
035 |a (OCoLC)894746294 
040 |a DLC  |b eng  |e rda  |c DLC  |d YDX  |d YDXCP  |d BTCTA  |d BDX  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCO  |d UtOrBLW 
042 |a pcc 
043 |a f-sa--- 
049 |a TXAM 
050 0 0 |a N7628.B55  |b H55 2015 
082 0 0 |a 704.9/49305896  |2 23 
084 |a ART015000  |a HIS047000  |a SOC031000  |2 bisacsh 
100 1 |a Hill, Shannen L.,  |d 1964-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Biko's ghost :  |b the iconography of Black Consciousness /  |c Shannen L. Hill. 
264 1 |a Minneapolis ;  |a London :  |b University of Minnesota Press,  |c [2015] 
300 |a xxviii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ;  |c 21 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a ""When you say, 'Black is Beautiful,' what in fact you are saying. is: Man, you are okay as you are; begin to look upon yourself as a human being." With such statements, Stephen Biko became the voice of Black Consciousness. And with Biko's brutal death in the custody of the South African police, he became a martyr, an enduring symbol of the horrors of apartheid. Through the lens of visual culture, Biko's Ghost reveals how the man and the ideology he promoted have profoundly influenced liberation politics and race discourse--in South Africa and around the globe--ever since.Tracing the linked histories of Black Consciousness and its most famous proponent, Biko's Ghost explores the concepts of unity, ancestry, and action that lie at the heart of the ideology and the man. It challenges the dominant historical view of Black Consciousness as ineffectual or racially exclusive, suppressed on the one side by the apartheid regime and on the other by the African National Congress.Engaging theories of trauma and representation, and icon and ideology, Shannen L. Hill considers the martyred Biko as an embattled icon, his image portrayals assuming different shapes and political meanings in different hands. So, too, does she illuminate how Black Consciousness worked behind the scenes throughout the 1980s, a decade of heightened popular unrest and state censorship. She shows how--in streams of imagery that continue to multiply nearly forty years on--Biko's visage and the ongoing life of Black Consciousness served as instruments through which artists could combat the abuses of apartheid and unsettle the "rainbow nation" that followed. "--  |c Provided by publisher. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: ContentsAbbreviations -- Introduction: Let's Talk about Consciousness -- 1. Shaping Modern Black Culture in the 1970s -- 2. Of Icons and Inquests: "Steve Biko, God Be with You, BPC" -- 3. Contemplating Death: Artists and Abjection -- 4. Creating a Culture of Resistance -- 5. Silencing the Censors: Black Consciousness between the Lines in the 1980s -- 6. Transitions and Truths in a New Democracy -- 7. Museum, Monument, Marking: Black Consciousness in the New Millennium -- Epilogue: "After Such a Long Time His Life Is Still Dug Out" -- Acknowledgments: I Write What I Must -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
600 1 0 |a Biko, Steve,  |d 1946-1977  |v Portraits. 
650 0 |a Blacks in art. 
650 0 |a Blacks in popular culture  |z South Africa. 
610 2 0 |a Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa. 
650 0 |a Art and social action  |z South Africa. 
651 0 |a South Africa  |x Race relations. 
650 7 |a ART / History / General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.  |2 bisacsh 
600 1 7 |a Biko, Steve,  |d 1946-1977.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00035530 
610 2 7 |a Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00696662 
650 7 |a Art and social action.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01742274 
650 7 |a Blacks in art.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00834024 
650 7 |a Blacks in popular culture.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01902560 
650 7 |a Race relations.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 
651 7 |a South Africa.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 
655 7 |a Portraits.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01423831 
938 |a Brodart  |b BROD  |n 111572584 
938 |a Baker and Taylor  |b BTCP  |n BK0016002647 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 12149631 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 12149630 
947 |a A14842879109 
945 |a PromptCat  |b 240836 
946 |a stk 
994 |a 92  |b TXA 
999 |a MARS 
999 f f |s 24d9dcf1-9b19-3d0c-9df0-e1bc1f1a1156  |i eb812547-281d-35ff-b215-1e2648338313  |t 0 
952 f f |p normal  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Sterling C. Evans Library  |d Evans: Library Stacks  |t 0  |e N7628.B55 H55 2015  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |m A14842879109 
998 f f |a N7628.B55 H55 2015  |t 0  |l Evans: Library Stacks