Bibliograph

In search of a beautiful freedom, new and selected essays, Farah Jasmine Griffin

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Label

In search of a beautiful freedom, new and selected essays, Farah Jasmine Griffin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-349) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In search of a beautiful freedom

Oclc number

1321072470

Responsibility statement

Farah Jasmine Griffin

Sub title

new and selected essays

Summary

Lively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature, and events from a "masterful critic and master teacher" (Walton Muyumba, Boston Globe)In Search of a Beautiful Freedom brings together the best work from Farah Jasmine Griffin's rich forays on music, Black feminism, literature, the crises of Hurricane Katrina and COVID-19, and the Black artists she esteems. She moves from evoking the haunting strength of Odetta and the rise of soprano popular singers in the 1970s to the forging of a Black women's literary renaissance and the politics of Malcolm X through the lens of Black feminism. She reflects on pivotal moments in recent American history--including the banning of Toni Morrison's Beloved--and celebrates the intellectuals, artists, and personal relationships that have shaped her identity and her work

Target audience

adult

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