03329nam 2200805 a 450 991081102420332120240417232422.00-8143-3665-5(CKB)2550000000048112(OCoLC)755631904(CaPaEBR)ebrary10499924(SSID)ssj0000564391(PQKBManifestationID)11380283(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564391(PQKBWorkID)10597325(PQKB)10221479(MiAaPQ)EBC3416418(MdBmJHUP)muse11025(Au-PeEL)EBL3416418(CaPaEBR)ebr10499924(OCoLC)794700669(MiAaPQ)EBC31349274(Au-PeEL)EBL31349274(EXLCZ)99255000000004811220100908d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIf we must die from Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls /Aime J. Ellis1st ed.Detroit, Mich. Wayne State University Pressc20111 online resource (225 p.) African American life seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8143-3413-X Includes bibliographical references and index."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."Investigates a variety of texts in which the self-image of poor, urban black men in the U.S. is formed within, by, and against a culture of racial terror and state violence.African American life.African American menSocial conditionsAfrican American menPsychologyMasculinitySocial aspectsUnited StatesDeathSocial aspectsUnited StatesMasculinityUnited StatesPsychological aspectsDeathUnited StatesPsychological aspectsRacismUnited StatesHistoryState-sponsored terrorismUnited StatesHistoryAfrican American men in popular cultureAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAfrican American menSocial conditions.African American menPsychology.MasculinitySocial aspectsDeathSocial aspectsMasculinityPsychological aspects.DeathPsychological aspects.RacismHistory.State-sponsored terrorismHistory.African American men in popular culture.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.305.38/896073Ellis Aimé J.1969-2009.1601360MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811024203321If we must die3924936UNINA