| Authentic Blackness - «Real» Blackness: Essays on the Meaning of Blackness in Literature and Culture Contributor(s): Brock, Rochelle (Editor), Johnson III, Richard Greggory (Editor), Japtok, Martin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433115085 ISBN-13: 9781433115080 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $45.27 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Drama | American - General - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| LCCN: 2011012665 |
| Series: Black Studies and Critical Thinking |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Authentic Blackness - Real Blackness explores and explains the idea of authenticity, of keeping it real, as it relates to the multi-faceted meanings of blackness in the United States and the world. Including reflections on hip-hop, comedy, literature, intellectual history, and autobiography, the collection gives both a broad overview of and intervenes in the debates concerning blackness. A comprehensive introductory essay outlines the history of the idea of authentic blackness, while other chapters examine the contours of blackness in Canada and Jamaica; the relationship between middle-class status and real blackness; the link between blackness and hip-hop culture; Dave Chappelle's comedy; and the work of James Baldwin, Countee Cullen, Clarence Major, and John Edgar Wideman as it comments on authenticity in relation to race. |