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Bruce, La Marr Jurelle, 1981-
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Artists, Black -- United States.
Blacks in the performing arts.
Arts, Black -- Radical movements.
Mental illness in art.
American essays -- 21st century.
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Bruce, La Marr Jurelle, 1981-
Artists, Black -- United States.
Blacks in the performing arts.
Arts, Black -- Radical movements.
Mental illness in art.
American essays -- 21st century.
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How
to
go
mad
without
losing
your
mind
:
madness
and
Black
radical
creativity
/ La Marr Jurelle Bruce.
by
Bruce, La Marr Jurelle, 1981-
Duke University Press, 2021.
Call #:
814.6 B887h
Subjects
Artists,
Black
-- United States.
Blacks in the performing arts.
Arts,
Black
--
Radical
movements.
Mental illness in art.
American essays -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781478010876 (pbk.)
Description:
xiii, 345 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"'Hold tight. The way to
go
mad
without
losing
your
mind
is sometimes unruly.' So begins La Marr Jurelle Bruce's urgent provocation and poignant meditation on
madness
in
black
radical
art. Bruce theorizes overlapping meanings of
madness
: the lived experience of an unruly
mind
, the psychiatric category of serious mental illness, the emotional state also known as 'rage,' and any drastic deviation from psychosocial norms. With care and verve, he explores the
mad
in the literature of Amiri Baraka, Gayl Jones, and Ntozake Shange; in the jazz repertoires of Buddy Bolden, Sun Ra, and Charles Mingus; in the comedic performances of Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle; in the protest music of Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill, and Kendrick Lamar, and beyond. These artists activate
madness
as content, form, aesthetic, strategy, philosophy, and energy in an enduring
black
radical
tradition. Joining this tradition, Bruce mobilizes a set of interpretive practices, affective dispositions, political principles, and existential orientations that he calls '
mad
methodology.' Ultimately, '
How
to
Go
Mad
without
Losing
Your
Mind
' is both a study and an act of critical, ethical,
radical
madness
."--Back cover.
Genre:
Essays.
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Adult Black Nonfiction
814.6 B887h
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