A History of African Popular Culture, Paperback

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Melissa L. CooperDuring the 1920s and 1930s, anthropologists and folklorists became obsessed with uncovering connections be...

Reducere. This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos 'n...

Reducere. Anyone interested in learning about a distinct music--jazz--will welcome this newest addition to the popular 101 reference series. Noted anthropolo...

Reducere. Description A new vocabulary for African American Studies As the longest-standing interdisciplinary field, African American Studies has laid the fo...

For more than a century, skin lighteners have been a ubiquitous feature of global popular culture--embraced by consumers even as they were fiercely...

The minstrel show occupies a controversial space in American popular culture. While it is seen as a relic of America's racist past, it also provide...

DescriptionSkip Finley's Town of Oak Bluffs columns in the Vineyard Gazette were widely popular thanks to his breezy style and historical content. ...

Reducere. Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreation, and environmentalism? In this thought-provok...

Reducere. Black Greek-letter organizations offer many African Americans opportunities for activism, community-building, fostering cultural pride, and cultura...

Reducere. Babylon Girls is a groundbreaking cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows-chorus lines, burlesque revues, cab...

Reducere. Get ready to break on through to the other side as critically-acclaimed playwright and journalist Jonathan Leaf reveals the politically incorrect t...

Reducere. DescriptionSurfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of sur...

The term "feminism" came into English usage around the 1890s, but women's conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes ba...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Henry Louis Gates JrSelected as a 2012 Outstanding Title by AAUP University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Lib...

Reducere. Antisemitism on the Campus: Past & Present, edited by Eunice G. Pollack, is the first book of a multidisciplinary series on Antisemitism in America...