A lie of reinvention : correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X / edited by Jared A. Ball, Todd Stephen Burroughs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ball, Jared, Editor.

Burroughs, Todd Steven, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marable, Manning, 1950-2011. Malcolm X.

Marable, Manning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Black Classic Press, [2012]

Summary:

A Lie of Reinvention is a response to Manning Marable's biography of Malcolm X, A Life of Reinvention. Marable's book was controversially acclaimed by some as his magna opus. At the same time, it was denounced and debated by others as a worthless read full of conjecture, errors, and without any new factual content. In this collection of critical essays, editors Jared Ball and Todd Steven Burroughs lead a group of established and emerging Black scholars and activists who take a clear stance in this controversy: Marable's biography is at best flawed and at worst a major setback in American histo

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; The Definition of a Lie; A Note from the Publisher; Jared A. Ball; An Introduction to a Lie; Patricia Reid-Merritt; Malcolm X: What Measure of a Man?-Assessing the Personal Growth and Social Transformation of Malcolm X From an African-Centered Social Work Perspective; Mumia Abu-Jamal; Manning's Malcolm-& Ours (2.0); Kali Akuno; A Work of Negation : A Critical Review of Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention; Kamau Franklin; An Ivory-Tower Assassination of Malcolm X; William L. (Bill) Strickland

Remembering Malcolm: A Personal Critique of Manning Marable's Non-Definitive Biography of Malcolm XRaymond A.Winbush; Speculative Nonfiction: Manning Marable's Malcolm X; Rosemari Mealy; An Incomprehensible Omission: Women and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz's Ideological Development in Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention-A Brief Criticism; Greg Thomas; Counterrevolution...in the Flesh: The Sexual Politics of Manning Marable in Viking Press's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention; A. Peter Bailey; Dealing With a Few Reinventions in Manning Marable's Book on Brother Malcolm; Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua

A Life of Revolutionary Transformation: A Critique of Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of ReinventionEugene Puryear; It's Not That Complicated-Malcolm X Was a Revolutionary: Confused Terminology, Concepts Mar Marable Biography; Karl Evanzz; Jared Ball Radio Interview with Karl Evanzz on WPFW 89.3 FM, April 15, 2011; Karl Evanzz; Paper Tiger: Manning Marable's Poison Pen; William A. Sales, Jr.; Jared Ball Interview with William Sales, June 3, 2011; Zak Kondo; Jared Ball Interview with Zak Kondo, April 11, 2011; Amiri Baraka.; Manning Marable's Malcolm X Book; Margo Arnold

Blues for Manning MarableChristopher M.Tinson; Manning Marable and the Triumph of American Liberalism in Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention; Todd Steven Burroughs.; Coda: Objectivity vs. Memory; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57478-051-4

OCLC:

852756135