Why read In Search of the Black Fantastic?

Book cover of In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era

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*Winner of the 2009 Ralph J. Bunche Award*

*Named one of CHOICE 's "Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009"*

Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture was commonly seen as a means of forging community and effecting political change.

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Paul Rekret

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Iton’s book isn’t restricted to popular music but ranges more widely across Black popular cultures.

However, in the ways he understands the historical intersection of popular music and institutional politics (especially in a magisterial chapter on soul music), Iton gave me a way of conceptualizing music as a form of political expression and organization in itself.

From Paul's list on The best books about popular music and capitalism.