In search of a beautiful freedom : new and selected essays /
In Search of a Beautiful Freedom brings together the best work from Farah Jasmine Griffin's rich forays on music, Black feminism, literature, the crises of Hurricane Katrina and COVID-19 and the Black artists she esteems. She moves from evoking the haunting strength of Odetta and the rise of so...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W. W. Norton & Company,
[2023].
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| Summary: | In Search of a Beautiful Freedom brings together the best work from Farah Jasmine Griffin's rich forays on music, Black feminism, literature, the crises of Hurricane Katrina and COVID-19 and the Black artists she esteems. She moves from evoking the haunting strength of Odetta and the rise of soprano popular singers in the 1970s to the forging of a Black women's literary renaissance and the politics of Malcolm X through the lens of Black feminism. She reflects on pivotal moments in recent American history, including the banning of Toni Morrison's Beloved, and celebrates the intellectuals, artists and personal relationships that have shaped her identity and her work. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 370 pages : 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0393355772 9780393355772 |