Download or read book Political Disappointment written by Sara Marcus and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sara Marcus argues for the emancipatory potential of political disappointment—the unrealized desire for liberation. Exploring literature and sound from Reconstruction to Black Power, from the Popular Front to second-wave feminism and the AIDS crisis, Marcus shows how moments of defeat have inspired new ensembles of art and activism.