Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993. xxxiii, 346 pages; 22 cm. American Culture Series, Volume 9. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Michael Eric Dyson, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy of the First paperback edition. CONTENTS: PART 1 WHAT'S GOING ON? BLACK POPULAR CULTURE: The culture of hip-hop; Rap music and Black culture - an interview; Spike Lee's neonationalist vision; Michael Jackson's postmodern spirituality; Be like Mike? - Michael Jordan and the pedagogy of desire; Bill Cosby and the politics of race; Between apocalypse and redemption - John Singleton's "Boys n the Hood". PART 2 BEYOND THE MANTRA - REFLECTIONS ON RACE, GENDER, AND CLASS: Probing a divided metaphor - Malcolm X and his readers; The liberal theory of race; Racism and race theory in the nineties; Leonard Jeffries and the struggle for the Black mind; Sex, race, and class: two cases; The plight of Black men; Black grass-roots leaders; Reflections on the 1988 presidential campaign. PART 3 THIS FAR BY FAITH - BLACK RELIGION: Mixed blessings - Martin Luther King Jr, and the lessons of an ambiguous heroism; Martin and Malcolm; For Jonathan's sake - the morality of memory - a sermon; Rap culture, the church, and American society; "God almighty has spoken from Washington DC" - American society and Christian faith; The promise and perils of contemporary gospel music.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.