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- catalog abstract ""Focusing on the work of six individuals - Robert Hayden, William Demby, Paule Marshall, John Coltrane, Romare Bearden, and W.E.B. Du Bois - Mercy, Mercy Me recovers an American tradition of evaluating the "dialectic of the Enlightenment." Hall argues that the cultural actors he describes reflect and embody the complex connections of race and nation. Cosmopolitan in outlook and critical of a culture of congratulation, they highlight the close relationship between slavery and the construction of American citizenship as they document the destructive influences wrought upon the self by consumer capitalism, technology, and ritualized violence. The course of this study reveals an essential concern at the core of African-American art in the sixties - that the longing to look backward is always in danger of lapsing into nostalgia and so must constantly struggle with the horror of the very past it would champion. In its original account of black artistry and its recovery of overlooked works of the period, Mercy, Mercy Me marks a major contribution to our understanding of 1960s American culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12270803.
- catalog coverage "United States History 1961-1969.".
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 1945-1970.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Focusing on the work of six individuals - Robert Hayden, William Demby, Paule Marshall, John Coltrane, Romare Bearden, and W.E.B. Du Bois - Mercy, Mercy Me recovers an American tradition of evaluating the "dialectic of the Enlightenment." Hall argues that the cultural actors he describes reflect and embody the complex connections of race and nation. Cosmopolitan in outlook and critical of a culture of congratulation, they highlight the close relationship between slavery and the construction of American citizenship as they document the destructive influences wrought upon the self by consumer capitalism, technology, and ritualized violence. The course of this study reveals an essential concern at the core of African-American art in the sixties - that the longing to look backward is always in danger of lapsing into nostalgia and so must constantly struggle with the horror of the very past it would champion. In its original account of black artistry and its recovery of overlooked works of the period, Mercy, Mercy Me marks a major contribution to our understanding of 1960s American culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 293 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195096096 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Race and American culture".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States History 1961-1969.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 1945-1970.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973/.0496073 21".
- catalog subject "African American arts 20th century.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog subject "E185.61 .H1972 2001".
- catalog subject "Modernism (Art) United States.".
- catalog subject "Modernism (Literature) United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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."".
- catalog title "Mercy, mercy me : African-American culture and the American sixties / James C. Hall".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".