Black power, yellow power, and the making of revolutionary identities /

Images of upraised fists, afros, and dashikis have long dominated the collective memory of Black Power and its proponents. The ""guerilla"" figure-taking the form of the black-leather-clad revolutionary within the Black Panther Party-has become an iconic trope in American popular...

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1. Verfasser:
Watkins, Rychetta
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Zusammenfassung:
Images of upraised fists, afros, and dashikis have long dominated the collective memory of Black Power and its proponents. The ""guerilla"" figure-taking the form of the black-leather-clad revolutionary within the Black Panther Party-has become an iconic trope in American popular culture. That politically radical figure, however, has been shaped as much by Asian American cultural discourse as by African American political ideology. From the Asian-African Conference held in April of 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia, onward to the present, Afro-Asian political collaboration has been active and influen
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1 online resource (199 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613333469
9781621031451
1621031454
9781283333467
1283333465
9781617031625
1617031623
Schlagworte:
African Americans > Relations with Asian Americans.
Black power > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
Asian Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Black power in literature.
African Americans > Race identity.
Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
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