Mercy, mercy me : African-American culture and the American sixties /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Race and American culture.
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| Online Access: | Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- African-American antimodernism and the American sixties
- Mourning song: Robert Hayden and the politics of memory
- Modern doubt to antimodern commitment: Paule Marshall and William Demby
- Meditations: John Coltrane and freedom
- The prevalence of ritual in an age of change: Romare Bearden
- W.E.B. Du Bois and dedication to the dead
- What's going on : "the most truly modern of all people."