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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457783103321

Autore

Ellis AimeĢ J. <1969-2009.>

Titolo

If we must die [[electronic resource] ] : from Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls / / Aime J. Ellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, Mich., : Wayne State University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8143-3665-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

African American life series

Disciplina

305.38/896073

Soggetti

African American men - Social conditions

African American men - Psychology

Masculinity - Social aspects - United States

Death - Social aspects - United States

Masculinity - United States - Psychological aspects

Death - United States - Psychological aspects

Racism - United States - History

State-sponsored terrorism - United States - History

African American men in popular culture

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Boys in the hood" : Black male community in Richard Wright's Native son -- "It's a man's world" : rethinking Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on ice in the twenty-first century -- "Am I black enough for you?" : Black male authenticity in Nathan McCall's Makes me wanna holler : a young Black man in America -- Death bound : the thug life -- "How does it feel?" : a question of life and death in D'Angelo's "Untitled."