Sun Ra's Chicago Afrofuturism and the city / William Sites.
| Author/creator | Sites, William |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020. |
| Description | 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Historical studies of urban America Historical studies of urban America. ^A372868 |
| Contents | Urban routes, utopian pathways -- Birmingham. Downtown sounds ; Industrial school to territory band -- Leadership dreams -- Chicago. South Side music scene ; "Sound so loud it will wake up the dead" ; Utopian Chicago ; African space ; Wonder Inn, 1960 -- Lineages/legacies. |
| Abstract | "William T. Sites details the life of visionary musician Sun Ra in Chicago, from 1946 until 1961. Sun Ra's South Side was a site of unorthodox religious and cultural activism where Afrocentric philosophies flourished, storefront prophets sold "dream-book bibles," and Elijah Muhammad was building the Nation of Islam. It was also an unruly musical crossroads where styles circulated and mashed together in clubs and community dancehalls. Sun Ra drew from a vast array of intellectual sources (radical nationalism, antinomian Christianity, black mythology, and science fiction) and from multiple musical traditions (swing, jazz, blues, Latin dance music, "space-age pop," and other exotica) to promulgate visions of the city that did not conform to the orthodoxies of metropolitan elites, black or white"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020007541 |
| ISBN | 9780226732077 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9780226732107 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |