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Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism, Vol. 9 »

Authors: Michael Eric Dyson
ISBN-13: 9780816621439, ISBN-10: 0816621438
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Date Published: June 1993
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Michael Eric Dyson

Book Synopsis

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction. Beyond Essentialism: Expanding African-American Cultural Criticism
1	The Culture of Hip-Hop	3
2	Rap Music and Black Culture: An Interview	16
3	Spike Lee's Neonationalist Vision	23
	Improvisation. On African-American Oral Culture	31
4	Michael Jackson's Postmodern Spirituality	35
	Improvisation. Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, and the State of Soul	60
5	Be Like Mike?: Michael Jordan and The Pedagogy of Desire	64
	Improvisation. The Media and American Culture	75
6	Bill Cosby and the Politics of Race
	Improvisation. Gordon Parks: Prometheus in Motion	88
7	Between Apocalypse and Redemption: John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood	90
	Improvisation. On the Mo' Money Soundtrack	110
8	Probing a Divided Metaphor: Malcolm X and His Readers	115
	Improvisation. On Contemporary Black Nationalism: A Response to Gary Peller	129
9	The Liberal Theory of Race	132
	Improvisation. The Two Racisms	143
10	Racism and Race Theory in the Nineties	146
	Improvisation. Affirmative Action and the Courts	154
11	Leonard Jeffries and the Struggle for the Black Mind	157
	Improvisation. Columbus Redux: An African-American Perspective	163
12	Sex, Race, and Class: Two Cases	167
	Improvisation. Toni Morrison's Vision	179
13	The Plight of Black Men	182
	Improvisation. Remembering Emmett Till	194
14	Black Grass-Roots Leaders	199
	Improvisation. The Invisible Lives of Working-Class Black Men	206
15	Reflections on the 1988 Presidential Campaign	210
	Improvisation. Looking Back on the Eighties	216
16	Mixed Blessings: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Lessons of an Ambiguous Heroism	221
	Improvisation. Martin's Death, and Ours?	246
17	Martin and Malcolm	250
	Improvisation. King: A Metaphor for the Sixties	264
18	For Jonathan's Sake: The Morality of Memory - a Sermon	267
	Improvisation. James Forbes and Riverside Church	274
19	Rap Culture, the Church, and American Society	276
	Improvisation. Cornel West's Prophetic Criticism	281
20	"God Almighty Has Spoken from Washington, D.C.": American Society and Christian Faith	286
	Improvisation. Political Correctness and the Seminary	319
21	The Promise and Perils of Contemporary Gospel Music	322
	Improvisation. A Skeptic's View of Southern Baptists	327
	Index	331
	Permissions	345