Mercy, mercy me : African-American culture and the American sixties /
Hall, James C., 1960-
Mercy, mercy me : African-American culture and the American sixties / James C. Hall. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations - Race and American culture . - Race and American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book argues that American artistry in the Sixties can be understood as one of the most vital and compelling interrogations of modernity. James C. Hall finds that the legacy of slavery and the resistance to it have by necessity made African Americans among the most incisive critics and celebrants of the Enlightenment inheritance. Focusing on the work of six individuals-Robert Hayden, William Demby, Paule Marshall, John Coltrane, Romare Bearden, and W.E.B. DuBois-Mercy, Mercy Me seeks to recover an American tradition of evaluating the "dialectic of the Enlightenment."
9780195096095 (acid-free paper) 0195096096 (acid-free paper) 9780198025627 (electronic bk.) 0198025629 (electronic bk.) 1280451157 9781280451157 9786610451159 661045115X (acid-free paper)
1900-1999
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
African American arts--20th century.
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century.
Modernism (Art)--United States.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Arts noirs américains--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Mœurs et coutumes--20e siècle.
Modernisme (Art)--États-Unis.
Modernisme (Littérature)--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
African American arts.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Modernism (Art)
Modernism (Literature)
Cultuur.
United States--History--1961-1969.
United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
États-Unis--Histoire--1961-1969.
États-Unis--Mœurs et coutumes--1945-1970.
États-Unis--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
E185.61 / .H1972 2001eb
973/.0496073
Mercy, mercy me : African-American culture and the American sixties / James C. Hall. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations - Race and American culture . - Race and American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book argues that American artistry in the Sixties can be understood as one of the most vital and compelling interrogations of modernity. James C. Hall finds that the legacy of slavery and the resistance to it have by necessity made African Americans among the most incisive critics and celebrants of the Enlightenment inheritance. Focusing on the work of six individuals-Robert Hayden, William Demby, Paule Marshall, John Coltrane, Romare Bearden, and W.E.B. DuBois-Mercy, Mercy Me seeks to recover an American tradition of evaluating the "dialectic of the Enlightenment."
9780195096095 (acid-free paper) 0195096096 (acid-free paper) 9780198025627 (electronic bk.) 0198025629 (electronic bk.) 1280451157 9781280451157 9786610451159 661045115X (acid-free paper)
1900-1999
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
African American arts--20th century.
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century.
Modernism (Art)--United States.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Arts noirs américains--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Mœurs et coutumes--20e siècle.
Modernisme (Art)--États-Unis.
Modernisme (Littérature)--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
African American arts.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Modernism (Art)
Modernism (Literature)
Cultuur.
United States--History--1961-1969.
United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
États-Unis--Histoire--1961-1969.
États-Unis--Mœurs et coutumes--1945-1970.
États-Unis--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
E185.61 / .H1972 2001eb
973/.0496073