Domestic Allegories of Political Desire

The Black Heroine's Text at the Turn of the Century
$53.00
Paperback, May 1996
ISBN13: 9780195108576ISBN10: 0195108574
"An elegantly written and persuasively argued account of the gendered nature of the relations between political desire and the cultural politics of fiction."--Hazel V. Carby, Yale University


A Historical Guide to Ralph Ellison

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Paperback, Apr 2004
ISBN13: 9780195152517ISBN10: 0195152514
A collection of original essays that situate Ellison in his historical context


A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes

$45.00
Paperback, Nov 2003
ISBN13: 9780195144345ISBN10: 0195144341
Contains six original essays written by eminent scholars that situates Hughes in his historical context


Between God and Gangsta Rap

Bearing Witness to Black Culture
$19.99
Paperback, Dec 1996
ISBN13: 9780195115697ISBN10: 0195115694
A powerful exploration of race and culture by one of the leading African- American voices of our day


Color by Fox

The Fox Network and the Revolution in Black Television
$34.99
Paperback, Mar 1999
ISBN13: 9780195106121ISBN10: 0195106121
A fascinating look at the explosion of black television programming in the 1980s and 1990s


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