Going too far : essays about America's nervous breakdown /

Challenging a prevailing attitude, this account disputes the idea that racism is no longer a factor in American life. Based on cultural and literary evidenceincluding Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finnit argues that, in some ways, the United States very much resembles the country of the 1850s. Not o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reed, Ishmael, 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal : Baraka Books, 2012.
Temas:
2000-2099
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
African Americans in popular culture.
Racism > United States.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Noirs américains dans la culture populaire.
Racisme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans in popular culture
African Americans > Social conditions
Race relations
Racism
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Chief Executive and Chief Exorcist, Too?
  • 1. President Obama and the New Secession
  • 2. Why Some White Progressives Make Me Sick
  • 3. What Progressives Don't Understand About Obama
  • 4. Joan Walsh's Twitter Brawl With Herself
  • 5. Brown Shirts, Black Shirts, T-Shirts
  • 6. Ethnic Studies in the Age of the Tea Party
  • 7. Fly on the Wall
  • pt. II "Coonery and Buffoonery"
  • 8. Selling of Precious
  • 9. Fade to White
  • 10. NAACP House of Shame
  • 11. Wire Goes to College
  • 12. Diminutive Playwright Tackles Criminal Justice Dragon
  • 13. Trouble Beside the Bay
  • 14. "She Wanted It"
  • pt. III As Relayed by Themselves
  • 15. Being Black and "Difficult" in Hollywood, An Interview with Lou Gossett, Jr.
  • 16. At Work: Ishmael Reed on Juice!
  • 17. Return of the Nigger Breakers: A Ghetto Reading and Writing Rat
  • Jill Nelson interviews Ishmael Reed
  • 18. Interview with Terry McMillan
  • 19. Musician and Composer Without Borders
  • 20. Where Are The "Pirates" Coming From? An Interview with Nuruddin Farah.

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