Black Popular Culture (DISCUSSIONS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE) - Softcover

Wallace, Michele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941920232 ISBN 13: 9780941920230

Publisher: Bay Pr, 1992

Synopsis

The latest publication in the award-winning Discussions in Contemporary Culture series, Black Popular Culture gathers together an extraordinary array of critics, scholars, and cultural producers. 30 essays explore and debate current directions in film, television, music, writing, and other cultural forms as created by or with the participation of black artists. 30 illustrations.

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Review:

A stellar cast reflecting upon the definitions and diversities of black popular culture, the differences within the black community, and between the Americas and Britain; also upon the problems of a *stellar* cast reflecting upon *popular* culture. The range is impressive and the discussions are real debates, between generations, genders, and political styles. -- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, author of "In Other Worlds : Essays in Cultural Politics"

These essays come, smoking, straight out of a unique sense of inquiry--today's best black minds talking about the future of everyday culture. -- Andrew Ross, author of "The Chicago Gangster Theory of Life"

This amalgam of enraged opinion, more than any other book I know, captures the spirit of black intellectual debate today. For those new to the debate, this collection introduces the major voices of African-American social commentary; for those enmeshed in it already, this comprehensive anthology is an invaluable prism of contestation, testament, theory, critique, and cultural consensus. -- Patricia J. Williams, author of "The Alchemy of Race and Rights"

About this edition

• Publisher: Bay Pr
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0941920232
• ISBN 13: 9780941920230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Dent Gina