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Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1998. CG6 - A first printing hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and dents, light discoloration and shelf wear. Representing offers a fascinating look at commercial culture and shows how and why it has become crucial site for Black American youth as they struggle to make their everyday lives more empowering, rewarding, and pleasurable in the face of formidable disadvantages. 9.5"x6.5", 314 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. In this engaging and provocative book, S. Craig Watkins examines two of the most important developments in the recent history of black cinema - the ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "ghettocentric films" like Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society. Representing explores a distinct contradiction in American society: at the same time that black youth have become the… Leer más

New York, New York, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1996. BF4 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black cloth covered boards with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, title page, and back endpaper plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. A book that examines the backgrounds and experiences of African-American women who have succeeded in breaking through the glass ceiling of race and gender bias. Bibliography, indexed, 222p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. R6 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Nell Painter on the half-title page in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, light soiled patches on some bottom edges, scatteerd scratches, rubbing, light wrinkling and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and light edgewear, some wrinkling on the spine edges, some scattered stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 370 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist of New York Dutch heritage and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black… Leer más