ISBN:
9780226732244
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (328 pages)
,
Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Historical studies of urban America
Series Statement:
Chicago scholarship online
Keywords:
Sun Ra
;
Sun Ra
;
Geschichte 1946-1961
;
Afrofuturismus
;
African American musicians Biography
;
Afrofuturism
;
Jazz History and criticism
;
Chicago, Ill.
;
South Side (Chicago, Ill History 20th century
;
Biografie
Abstract:
The emergence of Sun Ra and his Arkestra in 1950s Chicago is seen today as a foundational moment for Afrofuturist modes of cultural expression. Sun Ra's Chicago investigates how the bandleader's musical cosmology first developed and, in particular, why it came to flourish in Chicago. Focusing on his early years in Birmingham, Alabama and his time in post-World War II Chicago, the book argues that the relationship between Sun Ra and his cities offers new insight into his music and philosophy as well as the role of everyday black urban experience in the development of Afrofuturism as a cultural ideal. The book employs a historical and spatial lens to situate Ra's evolving sensibility within the material and imagined spaces of his cities.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2020
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226732244.001.0001/upso-9780226732077
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226732244.001.0001/upso-9780226732077
