Conversate is not a word [[electronic resource] ] : getting away from ghetto / / Jam Donaldson
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Donaldson Jam
|
| Titolo: |
Conversate is not a word [[electronic resource] ] : getting away from ghetto / / Jam Donaldson
|
| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, IL, : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.896073 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Race identity |
| African Americans - Psychology | |
| African Americans - Social life and customs | |
| African Americans - Social conditions | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Dedication; contents; Prologue; Introduction: I'm No Revolutionary-Ha-ha Damn; 1 Duality: The War Within; 2 C Is for Crap: Standards, Schmandards; 3 They Don't Know Any Better?; 4 Call the Mayor, Then Pick Up the Trash Yourself: Trash as Caste?; 5 If You're Gonna Hang on the Corner All Day, Take a Book (Mitigate Your Damages); 6 It Takes a Village, My Ass; 7 "Ghetto Fabulous" Is an Oxymoron; 8 Growing Pains: Where Are the Leaders?; 9 The Talented Tenth Has Let Us Down; 10 Doing the Best I Can with What I Got; Epilogue; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Funny, sad, and refreshingly honest, this provocative commentary based on the author's award-winning blog explores what is wrong with black culture and what needs to be done to fix neighborhoods and improve lives. The fresh, female voice presents a new perspective?differing from so many other treatises on the subject written primarily by older men?and takes into account hip-hop and the internet without assuming a condescending tone. Continually reviewing the ongoing struggle between her own conflicting identities, she asks such questions as How ca |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Conversate is not a word |
| ISBN: | 1-56976-550-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456284203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |