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

Van Pelt Library E185.86 .E436 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ellis, Aimé J., 1969-2009.
Series:
African American life
African American life series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American men--Social conditions.
African American men.
African American men--Psychology.
Masculinity--Social aspects--United States.
Masculinity.
Death--Social aspects--United States.
Death.
Death--Social aspects.
State-sponsored terrorism.
History.
Psychological aspects.
Masculinity--Social aspects.
United States.
Masculinity--United States--Psychological aspects.
Death--United States--Psychological aspects.
Racism--United States--History.
Racism.
State-sponsored terrorism--United States--History.
African American men in popular culture.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature.
American literature--African American authors.
Physical Description:
ix, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, [2011]
Contents:
"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."
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780814334133
081433413X
OCLC:
664839311

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