Perspectives of Black popular culture edited by Harry B. Shaw

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, Harry B., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

181 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, c1990.

Contents:

Self definition and redefinition in Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the widow / Joyce Pettis

The early development and growth of America's oldest Black resort : Idlewild, Michigan, 1912-1930 / Ben C. Wilson

The Black disc jockey as a cultural hero / Gilbert A. Williams

Radio deregulation : the impact on Black families and non-profit social agencies / Lawrence N. Redd

Bill Cosby : TV auteur? / Bishetta D. Merritt

The anti-heroic hero in Frank Yerby's historical novels / James L. Hill

Black America and the Black South African literay consciousness / Emmanuel S. Nelson

The weight of Sambo's woes / Joseph Bodziock.

The Black tavern in the making of a jazz musician : Bird, Mingus, and Stan Hope / Harry A. Reed

The curse of capitalism in the Caribbean : purpose and theme in Lindsay Barrett's Song for Mumu / Philip M. Royster

Nella Larsen's use of the near-white female in Quicksand and Passing / Vashti Crutcher Lewis

Afro-American core culture social dance : an examination of four aspects of meaning / Katrina Hazzard-Gordon

Vacant places : setting in the novels of Toni Morrison / Audrey Lawson Vinson

Early criticism of Jean Toomer's Cane : 1923-1932 / Ronald Dorris

Cultural challenge, heroic response : Gwendolyn Brooks and the new Black poetry / D.H. Melhem

Positive negatives and negative positives : confronting Black stereotypes through visual artistic expressions / Floyd Coleman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

0879725044 (pbk.)

0879725036 (clothbound)

OCLC:

23302512