Going Through the Storm - The Influence of African American Art in History

Informationen zum Autor Sterling Stuckey is Professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He is also the author of Slave Culture (Oxford, 1987). Klappentext Going Through the Storm covers the entire spectrum of African American culture, presenting a new look at the foundations of black culture and the civil right movement within the context of slavery and slave music. In an eloquent reflection of Paul Robeson, he shows how black art has reached across the boundaries of race to touch most of humanity. Zusammenfassung This is a collection of fifteen essays dealing with folk art and literary criticism in relation to slavery and freedom in North American history.

Product details

• Authors: Sterling Stuckey, Sterling (Professor of History Stuckey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.1994
• EAN: 9780195086041
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508604-1
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, The arts: general issues, ART / General, North America, Folk Art, HISTORY / Social History, Decorative arts, Social & cultural history, DESIGN / Decorative Arts, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, North America (USA and Canada), Folk, Folkloric styles, The arts: general topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General