Richard Iton: 2 books
Solidarity Blues
Race, Culture, and the American Left
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2003
A number of arguments have been made to explain the relative weakness of the American Left. A preference for individualism, the effects of prosperity, and the miscalculations of different components of the Left, including the labor movement, have been cited, among other factors, as possible explanations...
In Search of the Black Fantastic
Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2008
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. But as Richard Iton shows in this provocative and insightful volume, despite the changes brought about by...