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.
| Serija: | Black Studies and Critical Thinking |
| Leidėjas: | Peter Lang |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2011 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 236 |
| ISBN-10: | 1433115093 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781433115097 |
| Formatas: | Knyga kietu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
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