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A Nation Within a Nation
Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) and Black Power Politics
by Komozi Woodard
ISBN: 0807847615
ISBN-13: 9780807847619
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 352
Publisher's Notes
Poet and playwright Amiri Baraka is best known as one of the African American writers who helped ignite the Black Arts Movement. This book examines Baraka's cultural approach to Black Power politics and explores his role in the phenomenal spread of black nationalism in the urban centers of late-twentieth-century America, including his part in the election of black public officials, his leadership in the Modern Black Convention Movement, and his work in housing and community development. Komozi Woodard traces Baraka's transformation from poet to political activist, as the rise of the Black Arts Movement pulled him from political obscurity in the Beat circles of Greenwich Village, swept him into the center of the Black Power Movement, and ultimately propelled him into the ranks of black national political leadership. Moving outward from Baraka's personal story, Woodard illuminates the dynamics and remarkable rise of black cultural nationalism with an eye toward the movement's broader context, including the impact of black migrations on urban ethos, the importance of increasing population concentrations of African Americans in the cities, and the effect of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on the nature of black political mobilization.
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A Nation within a Nation: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black Power Politics
Woodard, Komozi
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: The University of North Carolina Press. Trade Paperback. 0807847615 TRADE PAPERBACK. Minor water damage to bottom corner of few pages. Residue of sticker on back cover. . Good. 1999. ( more information) Offered by Serendipity Books (United States)
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Nation Within a Nation: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black Power Politics
Woodard, Komozi
Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. Of North Carolina Press, 1999. 329 pages with notes, biblio, index, b/w photos; cover slight wear to edges. Poet & Playwright Amiri Baraka is best knowsn as one of the African American writers who heled ignite the Black Arts Movement. This book examines Baraka's cultural approach to Black Power politics and explores his role in the phenomenal spread of black nationalism in the urban centers of late-twentieth-century America, including his part in the election of black public officials, his leadership in the Modern Black Convention Movenement, and his work in housing and community development.. ISBN: 0807847615. Trade Paperback. Near New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA AFRO-AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST REVOLUTIONARY BLACK NATIONALISM. ( more information) Offered by Highway Book Shop (Canada)
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A Nation Within a Nation: Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) and Black Power Politics
Woodard, Komozi
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1999. First pb printing. Unread, as-new copy with remainder mark to bottom edge at spine. Contains notes, bibliography, index. 329 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. ( more information) Offered by citynightsbooks (United States)
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