Cote : 792. 8089 A135a 2021
" "I was a devil in the other contries, and i was a little devil in america too." Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washinton, Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound reflexion on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric on American culture. Abdurraqib writes prose brimming with jubilation and pain, infused with the lyricism and rythm of the musicians he loves. He explains the poignacy of performance big and small, each one feeling intensely familiar and vital, both timeless and desperately urgent. A Little Devil in America exalts the Black performance that unfolds on specific moments in time and space - from mid-century Paris to the moon, and back down againt to a cramped living room in Colombus, Ohio." 4e de couverture
Contents
Movement 1 : Performing Miracles
- On Times I Have Forced Myself to Dance
- On Marathons and Tunnels
- On Going Home as Performance
- An Epilogue for Aretha
Movement II : Suspending Disbelief
- On Times I Have Forced Myself to Dance
- This One Goes Out to All the Magical Negroes
- Sixteen Ways of Looking at Blackface
- On the Certain and Uncertain Movement of Limbs
- Nine Considerations of Black People in Space
Movement III : Our Matters of Country/Provenence
- On Times I Have Forced Myself to Dance
- The Josephine Baker Monument Can Never Be Large Enough
- It Is Safe to Say I Have Lost Many Games of Spades
- My Favorite Thing About Don Sherley
- I Would Like to Give Merry Clayton Her Roses
- Beyoncé Performs at the Super Bowl and I Think About All of the Jobs I've Hates
Movement IV : Anatomy of Closeness / / Chasing Blood
- On Times I Have Forced Myself to Dance
- The Beef Sometimes Begins with a Dance Move
- Fear : A Crown
- On the Performance of Softness
- Board Up the Doors. Tears Down the Walls
Movement V : Calling to remember
- On Times I Have Forced Myself Not to Dance
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- Index
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