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Author:

Marcus, Sara, 1977- author.

Title:

Political disappointment : a cultural history from Reconstruction to the AIDS crisis / Sara Marcus.

Publisher:

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

1800-1999
American literature--Political aspects.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Music and literature--United States--History--19th century.
Music and literature--United States--History--20th century.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Disappointment--History--United States--History--19th century.
Disappointment--History--United States--History--20th century.
American literature.
American literature--African American authors.
American literature--Political aspects.
Music and literature.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Ancestors' Breath : AIDS and Aural Coalitions. Transcribing Solidarity : The Popular Front and Its Afterlives -- "I Stand Mute" : Civil Rights Cacophony and Quiet -- Senses of solidarity : Voice, Vision, and Feminism in Crisis -- The Ancestors' Breath : AIDS and Aural Coalitions.

Summary:

"Sara Marcus argues for the emancipatory potential of political disappointment-the unrealized desire for liberation. Exploring literature and sound from Reconstruction to Black Power, from the Popular Front to second-wave feminism and the AIDS crisis, Marcus shows how moments of defeat have inspired new ensembles of art and activism"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0674248651
9780674248656

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1344421163

LCCN:

2022042887

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)