Black like who? : writing Black Canada / by Rinaldo Walcott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walcott, Rinaldo, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Canada.

Black people.

Black people--Race identity--Canada.

Arts, Black--Canada.

Arts, Black.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

2nd rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ont. : Insomniac Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rinaldo Walcott's groundbreaking study of black culture in Canada, Black Like Who?, caused such an uproar upon its publication in 1997 that Insomniac Press has decided to publish a second revised edition of this perennial best-seller. With its incisive readings of hip-hop, film, literature, social unrest, sports, music and the electronic media, Walcott's book not only assesses the role of black Canadians in defining Canada, it also argues strenuously against any notion of an essentialist Canadian blackness. As erudite on the issue of American super-critic Henry Louis Gates' blindness to black

Contents:

Contents; Introduction to the Second Edition: Still Writing Blackness; Introduction to the First Edition: Writing Blackness After...; 1. ""Going to the North""; 2. ""A Tough Geography""; 3. Desiring to Belong?; 4. ""No Language is Neutral""; 5. The Politics of Third Cinema in Canada; 6. Black Subjectivities; 7. ""Keep on Movin'""; 8. After Origins; 9. Scattered Speculations on Canadian Blackness; ; Notes; Bibliography/Discography/Filmography; Index; Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-182) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-91055-0

9786610910557

1-4593-0907-3

1-897414-47-1

OCLC:

171582094