How to go mad without losing your mind : madness and Black radical creativity / La Marr Jurelle Bruce.
"La Marr Jurelle Bruce ponders the presence of "madness" in black literature, music, and performance since the early twentieth century, showing how artist ranging from Kendrick Lamar and Lauryn Hill to Nina Simone and Dave Chappelle activate madness as content, form, aesthetic, strate...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Black outdoors.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "La Marr Jurelle Bruce ponders the presence of "madness" in black literature, music, and performance since the early twentieth century, showing how artist ranging from Kendrick Lamar and Lauryn Hill to Nina Simone and Dave Chappelle activate madness as content, form, aesthetic, strategy, philosophy, and energy in an enduring black radical tradition."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1478012420 9781478012429 |