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What'S My Name : Black Vernacular Intellectuals /

In this study of four citizens of the African diaspora--American boxer Muhammad Ali, West Indian Marxist critic C.L.R. James, British cultural theorist Stuart Hall, and Jamaican musician Bob Marley--Farred develops a new category of engaged thinker: the vernacular intellectual. He offers a vision of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farred, Grant
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this study of four citizens of the African diaspora--American boxer Muhammad Ali, West Indian Marxist critic C.L.R. James, British cultural theorist Stuart Hall, and Jamaican musician Bob Marley--Farred develops a new category of engaged thinker: the vernacular intellectual. He offers a vision of intellectual activity that is as valid in the boxing ring as in academia.
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages).
ISBN:9780816652792