This seminar will explore the hemispheric dimensions of the 1960s and 1970s Black Power Movement, which not only represented the beginning of a new era for African Americans in the US but also had a strong transnational appeal to afro-diasporic communities throughout the Americas. Departing from a closer look on the historical, sociopolitical and cultural implications of the movement, we will try to find out why and how discourses and aesthetic representations of Black Power were able to cross national, cultural, ethnic and linguistic borders, gaining major impact in sites as diverse as the Puerto Rican migrant community of New York, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Focusing on the significant role of migration, mass media and popular music for the emergence of translocal identity constructions and hemispheric antiracist movements, students will be required to analyze how these influences successfully made their way to societies where they were often met with hostility by the ruling elites.
English; basic historical knowledge of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements.
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23-ANG-AngVM2 Vertiefungsmodul 2: The Americas/ Interamerican Studies | VM 2.2 The Americas: Culture and Literature | Study requirement
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VM 2.3 The Americas: Film and Media | Study requirement
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