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Millennial style : the politics of experiment in contemporary African diasporic culture

Title
Millennial style : the politics of experiment in contemporary African diasporic culture / Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman.
Author
Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah I.
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.

Details

Description
170 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Millennial Style examines recent Black experiments in writing and the visual arts that start from a place of trauma. Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman's work underscores that all the millennial attempts-artistic and political-to gain full human citizenship have failed to change the ongoing situation and danger of Black lives. Where earlier Black writers might have employed a more realist mode to make a case for justice, the Black avant-garde work of today reaches for more experimental ways to convey the horrors of the changing same. The chapters outline four modes that have been widely employed: Black Grotesquerie, Hollowed Blackness, Black Cacophony, and the Black Ecstatic. Each chapter explores a particular form using Black feminist and queer theory along with examples from across different arts"--
Subject
  • African diaspora in literature
  • African diaspora in art
  • American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
  • African American arts > 21st century
  • Politics and culture > United States > History > 21st century
  • Psychic trauma
  • Womanism
  • Queer theory
  • Africains > Pays étrangers, dans la littérature
  • Africains > Pays étrangers, dans l'art
  • Arts noirs américains > 21e siècle
  • Politique et culture > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle
  • Traumatisme psychique
  • Womanisme
  • Théorie queer
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Black grotesquerie -- Hollowed Blackness -- Black cacophony -- The Black ecstatic.
ISBN
  • 9781478030201
  • 1478030208
  • 9781478025955
  • 1478025956
  • 9781478059196 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023037610
OCLC
YBP 2023037610
Author
Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah I., author.
Title
Millennial style : the politics of experiment in contemporary African diasporic culture / Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman.
Publisher
Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah I. Millennial style. Durham : Duke University Press, 2024 9781478059196 (DLC) 2023037611
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