Reflecting Black - African-American Cultural Criticism (Paperback)

From rap music to preaching, from Toni Morrison to Leonard Jeffries, from Michael Jackson to Michael Jordan, "Reflecting Black" explores the varied and complex dimensions of African-American culture. Through personal reflection, expository journalism, scholarly investigation, and even a sermon, Michael Eric Dyson grapples with and celebrates the diverse cultural expressions of contemporary black intellectuals, athletes, musicians, scholars, ministers, politicians, and activists, while at the same time probing and exposing the social and political realities of black cultural production. "Reflecting Black" investigates contemporary gospel music, the films of Spike Lee and John Singleton, contemporary grass roots leadership, Malcolm X, the books about the nature of the heroism of Martin Luther King, and the controversies arising from the Central Park jogger case. Pushing beyond insular debates about "positive" and "negative" treatments of black life, Dyson's work is both appreciative and critical in its assessment of the insights and blindnesses, as well as the strengths and weaknesses, of contemporary black culture. Michael Eric Dyson won the 1992 National Magazine Award for Black Journalists. His writing has appeared in many books, journals, newspapers and magazines. This book is intended for academics in the fields of cultural studies, African-American studies and American studies.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	American Culture
Release date:	June 1993
First published:	June 1993
Authors:	Michael Eric Dyson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-8166-2143-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8166-2143-8
Barcode:	9780816621439

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