Show description for Sunday 8/26/2012 @ 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Our guest this afternoon, on the 5 o'clock hour, Adilifu Nama. We will be discussing his most recent work, Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes, winner of the American Book Award 2012.
Super Black places the appearance of black superheroes alongside broad
and sweeping cultural trends in American politics and pop culture,
which reveals how black superheroes are not disposable pop products,
but rather a fascinating racial phenomenon through which futuristic
expressions and fantastic visions of black racial identity and symbolic
political meaning are presented. Adilifu Nama sees the value—and finds
new avenues for exploring racial identity—in black superheroes who are
often dismissed as sidekicks, imitators of established white heroes,
or are accused of having no role outside of blaxploitation film
contexts. Nama examines seminal black comic book superheroes such as
Black Panther, Black Lightning, Storm, Luke Cage, Blade, the Falcon,
Nubia, and others, some of whom also appear on the small and large
screens, as well as how the imaginary black superhero has come to life
in the image of President Barack Obama. Super Black explores how black
superheroes are a powerful source of racial meaning, narrative, and
imagination in American society that express a myriad of racial
assumptions, political perspectives, and fantastic (re)imaginings of
black identity. The book also demonstrates how these figures overtly
represent or implicitly signify social discourse and accepted wisdom
concerning notions of racial reciprocity, equality, forgiveness, and
ultimately, racial justice. Adilifu Nama is Associate Professor and Chair of the African American Studies Department at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of the award-winning Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film, the first book length examination of the topic.
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Short | You've Got That Thing | Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter | Atlantic | ||
| King Pleasure | Diaper Pin (That Old Black Magic) | Mr. Jazz | United Artists | ||
| Teddy Edwards & Howard McGhee | You Stepped Out Of A Dream | Together Again! | Contemporary | ||
| Harold Land | The Fox | The Fox | Contemporary | ||
| James Moody featuring Eddie Jefferson | Birdland Story | Flutin' The Blues | Chess | ||
| Johnny Hartman | I Get A Kick Out Of You | The Debonair Mr. Hartman | Bethlehem | ||
| Johnny Hartman | Stairway To The Stars | I Just Dropped By To Say Hello | Impusle | ||
| Dexter Gordon | Stairway To The Stars | Our Man In Paris | Blue Note | ||
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| Bud Powell | Cleopatra's Dream | The Scene Changes | Blue Note | ||
| Bud Powell | Blues In The Closet | 1960 Essen, Grugahalle | Jazzline | ||
| Harold Land | Mirror-Mind Rose | The Fox | Contemporary | ||
| Cedar Walton featuring Abbey Lincoln | In A Sentimental Mood | The Maestro | Muse | ||
| Carlos Santans & John McLaughlin | Naima | Love Devotion Surrender | Columbia | ||
| John McLaughlin | Blue In Green | My Goals Beyond | Douglas | ||
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Salvation And Reminiscing | Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle | Atlantic | ||
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Celestial Bliss | Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle | Atlantic | ||
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| Eddie Harris | Freedom Jazz Dance | The In Sound | Atlantic | ||
| Miles Davis | Freedom Jazz Dance | Miles Smiles | Columbia | ||
| Sam Jones | Over The Rainbow | The Chant | Riverside | ||
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| Cannonball Adderley | Lisa (exceprt) | Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus | Riverside | ||
| Interview With Adilifu Nama By Justin Desmangles | Interview With Adilifu Nama By Justin Desmangles | Interview With Adilifu Nama By Justin Desmangles | Interview With Adilifu Nama By Justin Desmangles | ||
| Cannonball Adderley | Lisa (exceprt) | Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus | Riverside | ||
| Oscar Brown, Jr. | One Foot In The Gutter | Oscar Brown,Jr. Tells It Like It Is | Columbia | ||
| ========================== Airbreak ========================== | |||||
| Teddy Edwards & Howard McGhee | Misty | Together Again! | Contemporary | ||
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