Imagine the Sound: Experimental African American Literature After Civil Rights

by Carter Mathes

The post-Civil Rights era was marked by an explosion of black political thought and aesthetics. Reflecting a shifting horizon of expectations around race relations, the unconventional sounds of free jazz coupled with experimental literary creation nuanced the push toward racial equality and enriched the possibilities for aesthetic innovation within the Black Arts Movement. In Imagine the Sound, Carter Mathes demonstrates how African American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816693064
• ISBN13: 9780816693061
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"