More than Human. Authors: MORRIS, SUSANA M. Source: Black Scholar. Summer2016, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p33-45. 13p. Document Type: Essay An essay on Black feminism and Afrofuturism as literary aesthetics and epistemology in contemporary life is presented. It discusses the book "The Gilda Stories" by Jewelle Gomez, which states the importance of communities for strengthening interpersonal relations and sharing of alternative history. It is noted that the term Afrofuturism is used to define African American culture's appropriation of technology and science fiction imagery. ********************************************************* Octavia E. Butler's Response to Black Arts/Black Power Literature and Rhetoric in Kindred. Authors: Miletic, Philip Source: African American Review; Fall2016, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p261-275, 15p Document Type: Literary Criticism This paper argues that Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred significantly emerges from and responds to the literature of the Black Arts Movement and the rhetoric of the Black Power Movement that sought to erase or move past America’s history of slavery and restricted black women’s involvement and writing. Kindred draws attention to the absence of a (literary) history of slavery circa the 1960s and ’70s, especially regarding black women. The novel shows that, to grant black and white Americans a greater sense of self-awareness within the politico-cultural milieu, this history needs ongoing excavation and thorough research into black women writers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] ********************************************************* Listening Roland Barthes ********************************************************* "Feenin" Posthuman Voices In Contemporary Black Popular Music Weheliye, Alexander G. ********************************************************** Nice & Rough: Unapologetically Black, Beautiful, and Bold. Jackson, Sheila Macklin, Angelica An interview with author and filmmaker Sheila Jackson is presented. When asked about growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, she reflects on the Black Power movement in the 1970s, due to racial diversity in the U.S. Jackson talks about Black women writers and poets Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Ntozake Shange who influenced her writing. She discusses Black woman writer Audre Lorde's contribution to cultural production such as films, music, and other social movements. ************************************************************ Title: "Start the Revolution": Hip Hop Music and Social Justice Education. Authors: Rashid, Kamau1 [email protected] Source: Journal of Pan African Studies. Jul2016, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p341-363. 23p. Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *RAP music -- Social aspects *ACTIVISM *SOCIAL justice *RACISM -- Prevention *NEOLIBERALISM SOCIAL aspects Abstract: This paper argues that Hip Hop represents a potent resource in the conceptualization of social justice pedagogy in urban communities. It seeks to conceptualize a Hip Hop pedagogy that also answers the challenge of African-centered education wherein Hip Hop becomes expressive of the intergenerational legacy of social critique and activism in African communities. Herein Hip Hop's utility as a vehicle of critical literacy is explored, seeking to answer the question of how Hip Hop pedagogy can inform resistance to the political-economies of racism, white supremacy and neoliberalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] ********************************************************** Blackface and the Black Arts Movement. Images Black and White Photograph Black and White Photograph Authors: Sell, Mike [email protected] Source: TDR: The Drama Review. Summer2013, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p143-162. 20p. 2 Black and White Photographs. Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *BLACK Arts movement *RACE awareness *MINSTREL music *SLAVERY *RACISM *TOTALITARIANISM Abstract: The article analyzes the role of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) of the 1960s and 1970s in deconstructing the way people understand race, culture and power and discusses its relationship with blackface minstrelsy. It explores the use of blackface performance to expose the suffering of the Maafa, the holocaust of slavery, as well as BAM's practice of détournement to reveal blackface racism. It discusses blackface racism as totalitarian ideology. *********************************************************** The power of Black music: interpreting its history from Africa to the United States Authors: Floyd, Samuel A Publisher Information: New York : Oxford University Press, c1995. ************************************************************* 'We're a Winner': Popular Music and the Black Power Movement. Authors: FREELAND, GREGORY K.1 [email protected] Source: Social Movement Studies. Aug2009, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p261-288. 28p. Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *SOCIAL movements *POLITICAL movements *CIVIL rights movements *AFRICAN Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. *CULTURE *POPULAR music Author-Supplied Keywords: Black Power culture Mobilization music political opportunity social movements Abstract: Ideological conviction and emotional courage are critical characteristics of successful political and social movements. The Black Power Movement (BPM), which rose out of the struggle for political and social rights associated with the Civil Rights Movement (CRM), possessed characteristics of ideological conviction and emotional courage. In contrast to the CRM, the BPM called for a more active political challenge and cultural consciousness-based programs to accompany the struggle for rights. The BPM, which called for blacks to unite and organize around a powerful sense of self and community, exemplifies influences that inspire and drive social movements, such as strong identification with cultural consciousness and political solidarity. Social movements are typically viewed through the lens of political systems and individual action, but culture is critical to movement analysis. This article links culture and politics by employing music to represent culture and political opportunity structure to explore social movement. Utilizing literature, musical forms and interviews this article examines the proposition that cultural forms and political opportunities are critical to successful social movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] ********************************************************* Black studies in the 21st century: resistance to colonization, globalization, and genocide Authors: Kunnie, Julian E. Source: Journal of Pan African Studies. Dec, 2016, Vol. 9 Issue 10, p358, 25
