Amiri Baraka: The Politics and Art of a Black Intellectual

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Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface x Introduction 1 1 Birth of an Intellectual Journey 21 2 Bohemian Immersions 44 3 An Alien among Outsiders 85 4 Rejecting Bohemia: The Politicization of Ethnic Guilt 141 5 The Quest for a Blacker Art 171 6 Toward a Black Arts Infrastructure 210 7 Black Arts Poet and Essayist 225 8 Black Revolutionary Playwright 259 9 Kawaida: Totalizing the Commitment 291 10 The Slave as Master: Black Nationalism, Kawaida, and the Repression of Women 325 11 New-Ark and the Emergence of Pragmatic Nationalism 348 12 Pan-Africanism 374 13 National Black Political Convention 401 14 Ever Faithful: Toward a Religious Marxism 420 15 The Artist as Marxist / The Marxist as Artist 444 Conclusion 464 Notes 481 Bibliography 553 Index 571 About the Author 577 ...