Date of Award
Spring 5-3-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Jeremy Glick
Second Advisor
Janet Neary
Academic Program Adviser
Janet Neary
Abstract
Perhaps no work is a better representation of Amiri Baraka, the Black nationalist, than the 1972 album, It's Nation Time – African Visionary Music. The album serves as an amalgamation of the most present themes during that point in his career: the musical, the spectacle, the spiritual, and the political. Through a track-by-track analysis of the album, we can better understand Baraka's social outlook at such a pivotal period in the Black culture visionary's career.
Recommended Citation
St. Martin, Ryan, "The Musical, the Spectacle, the Spiritual, and the Political: An In-depth Analysis of Amiri Baraka’s 1972 Album, It’s Nation Time – African Visionary Music" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1153