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Birth of a Notion
A critical look at black identity in American history and popular culture as told from a performative African American perspective.
232 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 15, 2010
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January 9, 2019
This book is a revelation .... brilliant!
Turning that fairy-tale/textbook story of 'America' completely on its head, this almost performative rendition of at least some of the 'half never told' enlightens and entertains, making the fundamental contradictions at the heart of American 'nationalism' plain to see.
The black experience as constitutive of American identity, culture & economy, yet ridiculed, reviled, relegated to racist retellings through minstrel shows and Gone With the Wind ...
Turning that fairy-tale/textbook story of 'America' completely on its head, this almost performative rendition of at least some of the 'half never told' enlightens and entertains, making the fundamental contradictions at the heart of American 'nationalism' plain to see.
The black experience as constitutive of American identity, culture & economy, yet ridiculed, reviled, relegated to racist retellings through minstrel shows and Gone With the Wind ...
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