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A
History of African American Theatre
Errol Hill
PN 2270 .A35 H55 2003
Spans over 200 years of black performance and production.
Black
Magic: White
Hollywood and African American Culture
Krin Gabbard
PN 1995.9 .N4 G33 2004
Gabbard explores the role of African Americans in
literature, music, and art. In particular, he is interested in the role of black
culture in white American film.
Bound
for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an
American Hero
Kate
Clifford Larson
E 444 .T82
L37 2004
and
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Catherine
Clinton
E 444 .T82 C57 2004
Two adult treatments of
one of the most famous and mythical figures in
African-American history. Both
books are getting solid reviews, with the Larson getting
more consideration from the scholarly press and the Clinton
getting high marks for general readers.
Check
It While I Wreck It: Black
Womanhood, Hip-hop Culture, and the Public Sphere
Gwendolyn D. Pough
E 185.86
.P666 2004
Inspection of black
womanhood in a hip-hop culture. Pough is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the
University of Minnesota.
The
Fire
This Time: African
American Plays for the 21st Century
Harry
J. Elam
PS 628 .N4
F57 2004
Plays written by African
Americans, also includes playwright and production histories.
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Harriet
Jacobs: A Life
Jean
Fagan Yellin
E 444 .J17
Y45 2004
This biography is the
result of over 20 years of research by Yellin to complement
and deepen the reader’s understanding of Harriet Jacobs’
life, as originally recounted in "Incidents in the Life of a
Slave Girl."
The
Hidden
Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates
Inequality
Thomas M. Shapiro
E 185.8
.S53 2004
Co-author of 1997’s "Black Wealth, White
Wealth," Shapiro
continues his examination of racial inequality in wealth
distribution. He
pays particular attention to the concept of inequality passing
from one generation to the next.
In
Search of Hannah Crafts:
Critical
Essays on The Bondwoman’s Narrative
Henry
Louis Gates, Jr.
PS 1449 .C673
B6634 2004
Collection of essays on "The Bondwoman’s Narrative," in particular as it enriches
early American literature.
Open
House of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons and the Search
for a Room of My Own
Patricia J. Williams.
PN 4874 .W625
A3 2004
Collection of essays
covering a wide range of topics, loosely autobiographical.
We
Real Cool: Black Men and
Masculinity
bell
hooks
E 185.86
.H7417 2004
Hooks considers many ways
in which black men are viewed as well as how they view
themselves. She discusses many negative
stereotypes about black masculinity and the emotional
isolation that follows.
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