![]() ![]() ![]() Furthermore, this artistic expression, fueled by the angst of changing times generally and tensions facing African Americans in particular, has served as American catharsis through the creation of innovative cultural expressions. The stress and fatigue of machines, labor, capitalism, and racism, imposed on bodies during the industrial revolution and in the postindustrial era have provided raw material for black artistic expressions during the mid–to-late twentieth century. Through labor, art, cultural technology, and social life, African American aesthetics have breathed life into modern and contemporary American culture. African Americans have been integral in shaping the aesthetics of modernity generally, and with respect to dance in particular. ![]()
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