6611541Words for My Comradeshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/words-for-my-comrades-9780385550031/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6143340/image.jpg?v=638602347695430000269374MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/From Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today.Before his murder at age twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the preeminent storyteller of the 1990s, building, in the process, one of the most iconic public personas of the last half century. He recorded no fewer than ten platinum albums, starred in major films, and became an activist and political hero known the world over. In this cultural history, journalist Van Nguyen reckons with Tupacs coming of age, fame, and cultural capital, and how the political machinations that shaped him as a boy have since buoyed his legacy as a revolutionary following the George Floyd uprisings. Words for My Comrades engagescruciallywith the influence of Tupacs mother, Afeni, whose role in the Black Panther Party and dedication to dismantling American imperialism and combating police brutality informed Tupacs art. Tupacs childhood as a son of the Panthers, coupled with the influence of his stepfathers Marxist beliefs, informed his own riveting code of ethics that helped audiences grapple with Americas inherent injustices.Using oral histories from conversations with the people who directly witnessed Tupacs life and career, many of whom were interviewed for the first time herefrom Panther elder Aaron Dixon, to music video director Stephen Ashley Blake, to friends and contemporaries of Tupacs motherVan Nguyen demonstrates how Tupac became one of the most enduring musical legends in hip-hop history, and how intimately his name is threaded with the legacy of Black Panther politics.Van Nguyen reveals how Tupac and Afeni each championed the disenfranchised in distinct ways, and how their mother-son bond charts a narrative of the last fifty years of revolutionary Black American politics. Words for My Comrades is the story of how the energy of the Black political movement was subsumed by culture, and how America produced two of its most iconic, enduring revolutionaries....6296837Words for My Comrades269374https://www.gandhi.com.mx/words-for-my-comrades-9780385550031/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6143340/image.jpg?v=638602347695430000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259780385550031_W3siaWQiOiJiNDVmZjg1MS1iMDI3LTRjOTgtYjhmNy0xZjczNjRiNjFiMTIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM1MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjk4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI1MiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDg6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjp0cnVlfV0=9780385550031_From Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today.Before his murder at age twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the preeminent storyteller of the 1990s, building, in the process, one of the most iconic public personas of the last half century. He recorded no fewer than ten platinum albums, starred in major films, and became an activist and political hero known the world over. In this cultural history, journalist Van Nguyen reckons with Tupacs coming of age, fame, and cultural capital, and how the political machinations that shaped him as a boy have since buoyed his legacy as a revolutionary following the George Floyd uprisings. Words for My Comrades engagescruciallywith the influence of Tupacs mother, Afeni, whose role in the Black Panther Party and dedication to dismantling American imperialism and police brutality informed Tupacs art. Tupacs childhood as a son of the Panthers, coupled with the influence of his stepfathers Marxist beliefs, became his own riveting code of ethics that helped listeners reckon with Americas inherent injustices.Using oral histories from conversations with the people who shaped Tupacs life and career, many of whom were interviewed for the first time herefrom Panther elder Aaron Dixon, to music video director Stephen Ashley Blake, to friends and contemporaries of Tupacs motherVan Nguyen demonstrates how Tupac became one of the most enduring musical legends in hip-hop history, and how intimately his name is threaded with the legacy of Black Panther politics.Van Nguyen reveals how Tupac and Afeni each championed the disenfranchised in distinct ways, and how their mother-son bond charts a narrative of the last fifty years of revolutionary Black American politics. Words for My Comrades is the story of how the energy of the Black political movement was subsumed by culture, and how America produced two of its most iconic, enduring revolutionaries....(*_*)9780385550031_From Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today.Before his murder at age twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the preeminent storyteller of the 1990s, building, in the process, one of the most iconic public personas of the last half century. He recorded no fewer than ten platinum albums, starred in major films, and became an activist and political hero known the world over. In this cultural history, journalist Van Nguyen reckons with Tupacs coming of age, fame, and cultural capital, and how the political machinations that shaped him as a boy have since buoyed his legacy as a revolutionary following the George Floyd uprisings. Words for My Comrades engagescruciallywith the influence of Tupacs mother, Afeni, whose role in the Black Panther Party and dedication to dismantling American imperialism and combating police brutality informed Tupacs art. Tupacs childhood as a son of the Panthers, coupled with the influence of his stepfathers Marxist beliefs, informed his own riveting code of ethics that helped audiences grapple with Americas inherent injustices.Using oral histories from conversations with the people who directly witnessed Tupacs life and career, many of whom were interviewed for the first time herefrom Panther elder Aaron Dixon, to music video director Stephen Ashley Blake, to friends and contemporaries of Tupacs motherVan Nguyen demonstrates how Tupac became one of the most enduring musical legends in hip-hop history, and how intimately his name is threaded with the legacy of Black Panther politics.Van Nguyen reveals how Tupac and Afeni each championed the disenfranchised in distinct ways, and how their mother-son bond charts a narrative of the last fifty years of revolutionary Black American politics. Words for My Comrades is the story of how the energy of the Black political movement was subsumed by culture, and how America produced two of its most iconic, enduring revolutionaries....9780385550031_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_9780385550031_9780385550031Dean VanInglésMéxico2025-05-06T00:00:00+00:002025-05-06T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group