Fischlin, Daniel.

The fierce urgency of now : improvisation, rights, and the ethics of co-creation / Daniel Fischlin, Ajay Heble, and George Lipsitz. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 292 p.) - Improvisation, community, and social practice .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sounding truth to power : improvisation, black mobility, and resources for hope -- Improvisation and encounter: rights in the key of rifference -- Improvising community : rights and improvisation as encounter narratives -- Improvisation, social movements, and rights in New Orleans -- Art to find the pulse of the people : we know this place -- "The fierce urgency of now" : improvisation, social practice, and togetherness-in-difference.

0822378353 9780822378358(e-book)


Improvisation (Music)
Human rights movements.
African Americans--Political activity.
Politics and culture.