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02837aam a22003858i 4500 001 34EF9A9A447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221005010052 008 220303t20222021meu db 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022010448 020 $a 9798885780292 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PN1590.B53 $b A23 2022 082 00 $a 791.089/96073 $2 23 100 1 $a Abdurraqib, Hanif, $d 1983- $e author. 245 12 $a A little devil in America : $b notes in praise of Black performances / $c Hanif Abdurraqib. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2022. 300 $a 441 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT Black voices 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a ""I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too." Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington, MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow and bestselling author Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound and lasting reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture. Each moment in every performance he examines--whether it's the twenty-seven seconds in "Gimme Shelter" in which Merry Clayton wails the words "rape, murder," a schoolyard fistfight, a dance marathon, or the instant in a game of spades right after the cards are dealt--has layers of resonance in Black and white cultures, the politics of American empire, and Abdurraqib's own personal history of love, grief, and performance. Touching on Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Billy Dee Williams, the Wu-Tan Clan, Dave Chappelle, and more, Abdurraqib writes prose brimming with jubilation and pain. With care and generosity, he explains the poignancy of performances big and small, each one feeling intensely familiar and vital, both timeless and desperately urgent. Filled with sharp insight, humor, and heart, A Little Devil in America exalts the Black performance that unfolds in specific moments in time and space--from midcentury Paris to the moon, and back down again to a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African Americans in the performing arts. 650 0 $a American literature $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Race identity. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Intellectual life. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a United States $x Race relations. 941 $a 2 945 $a lpt 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524010225.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20221202011731.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=34EF9A9A447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search