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Rethinking Racial Uplift - Nigel I. Malcolm - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Rethinking Racial Uplift - Nigel I. Malcolm - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about the Talented Tenth in an influential essay of the same name. The concept exalted college-educated Blacks who Du Bois believed could provide the race with the guidance it needed to surmount slavery, segregation, and oppression in America. Although Du Bois eventually reassessed this idea, the rhetoric of the Talented Tenth resonated, still holding sway over a hundred years later. In Rethinking Racial Uplift: Rhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era , author Nigel I. Malcolm asserts that in the post-civil rights era, racial uplift has been redefined not as Black public intellectuals lifting the masses but as individuals securing advantage for themselves and their children. Malcolm examines six best-selling books published during Obama''s presidency--including Randall Kennedy''s Sellout , Bill Cosby''s and Alvin Poussaint''s Come on People , and Ta-Nehisi Coates''s Between the World and Me --and critically analyzes their rhetorics on Black unity, disunity, and the so-called "postracial" era. Based on these writings and the work of political and social scientists, Malcolm shows that a large, often-ignored, percentage of Blacks no longer see their fate as connected with that of other African Americans. While many Black intellectuals and activists seek to provide a justification for Black solidarity, not all agree. In Rethinking Racial Uplift , Malcolm takes contemporary Black public intellectual discourse seriously and shows that disunity among Blacks, a previously ignored topic, is worth exploring.

DKK 321.00
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Rethinking Racial Uplift - Nigel I. Malcolm - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Rethinking Racial Uplift - Nigel I. Malcolm - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about the Talented Tenth in an influential essay of the same name. The concept exalted college-educated Blacks who Du Bois believed could provide the race with the guidance it needed to surmount slavery, segregation, and oppression in America. Although Du Bois eventually reassessed this idea, the rhetoric of the Talented Tenth resonated, still holding sway over a hundred years later. In Rethinking Racial Uplift: Rhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era , author Nigel I. Malcolm asserts that in the post-civil rights era, racial uplift has been redefined not as Black public intellectuals lifting the masses but as individuals securing advantage for themselves and their children. Malcolm examines six best-selling books published during Obama''s presidency--including Randall Kennedy''s Sellout , Bill Cosby''s and Alvin Poussaint''s Come on People , and Ta-Nehisi Coates''s Between the World and Me --and critically analyzes their rhetorics on Black unity, disunity, and the so-called "postracial" era. Based on these writings and the work of political and social scientists, Malcolm shows that a large, often-ignored, percentage of Blacks no longer see their fate as connected with that of other African Americans. While many Black intellectuals and activists seek to provide a justification for Black solidarity, not all agree. In Rethinking Racial Uplift , Malcolm takes contemporary Black public intellectual discourse seriously and shows that disunity among Blacks, a previously ignored topic, is worth exploring.

DKK 939.00
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Made in Mexico - Chris Goertzen - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Made in Mexico - Chris Goertzen - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

This book concerns the aesthetic, political, and socio-political aspects of tourism in Southern Mexico, particularly in the state of Oaxaca. Tourists seeking "authenticity" buy crafts and festival tickets, and spend even more on travel expenses. Indeed, when the income from tourism falters, southern Mexico''s endemic economic and social problems worsen dramatically. What does a craft object or a festival moment need to look like or sound like to please both tradition bearers and tourists in terms of aesthetics? Under what conditions are transactions between these parties psychologically healthy and sustainable. What political factors can interfere with the success of this negotiation, and what happens when the process breaks down? This is not a theoretical problem-social and political unrest cast a shadow on tourism in Oaxaca in the summer of 2006, a shadow now lifting slowly and uncertainly. Chris Goertzen begins with a case study from the neighboring state Chiapas, analyzing the nature and meaning of a single craft object, a woven pillowcase, thus previewing what the book will accomplish in greater depth in Oaxaca. He introduces the book''s guiding concepts, especially concerning the types of aesthetic intensification that have replaced fading cultural contexts, and the tragic partnership between ethnic distinctiveness and oppressive politics. He then bring these concepts to bear on crafts in Oaxaca and on Oaxaca''s Guelaguetza, a festival with an increasingly contested meaning that is the anchor for tourism in the state. Goertzen describes his search for crafts and customs independent of the tourist umbrella. Finally, he offers reflections and conclusions, and explores recent events, including politically motivated attacks on the Guelaguetza and thus on the tourism industry.

DKK 312.00
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Black and Brown Planets - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Black and Brown Planets - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

LITERARY EXPLORATIONS INTO THE RADICAL, HOPEFUL RACIAL FUTURES IMAGINED BY SCIENCE FICTIONEssays by Marleen S. Barr, Gerry Canavan, Grace L. Dillon, M. Elizabeth Ginway, Matthew Goodwin, Edward James, De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Malisa Kurtz, Robin Anne Reid, Lysa M. Rivera, Patrick B. Sharp, and Lisa YaszekBlack and Brown Planets embarks on a timely exploration of the American obsession with color in its look at the sometimes contrary intersections of politics and race in science fiction. The contributors, including De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Edward James, Lisa Yaszek, and Marleen S. Barr, among others, explore science fiction worlds of possibility (literature, television, and film), lifting blacks, Latin Americans, and indigenous peoples out from the background of this historically white genre.This collection considers the role of race and ethnicity in our visions of the future. The first section emphasizes the political elements of black identity portrayed in science fiction from black America to the vast reaches of interstellar space. In the next section, analysis of indigenous science fiction addresses the effects of colonization, helps discard the emotional and psychological baggage carried from its impact, and recovers ancestral traditions in order to adapt in a post-Native-apocalyptic world. Likewise, this section explores the affinity between science fiction and subjectivity in Latin American cultures from the role of science and industrialization to the effects of being in and moving between two cultures. By infusing more color into this otherwise monochrome genre, Black and Brown Planets imagines alternate racial galaxies in which people of color determine human destiny.Isiah Lavender III, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an assistant professor of English at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Race in American Science Fiction.

DKK 312.00
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Black and Brown Planets - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Black and Brown Planets - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

LITERARY EXPLORATIONS INTO THE RADICAL, HOPEFUL RACIAL FUTURES IMAGINED BY SCIENCE FICTIONEssays by Marleen S. Barr, Gerry Canavan, Grace L. Dillon, M. Elizabeth Ginway, Matthew Goodwin, Edward James, De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Malisa Kurtz, Robin Anne Reid, Lysa M. Rivera, Patrick B. Sharp, and Lisa YaszekBlack and Brown Planets embarks on a timely exploration of the American obsession with color in its look at the sometimes contrary intersections of politics and race in science fiction. The contributors, including De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Edward James, Lisa Yaszek, and Marleen S. Barr, among others, explore science fiction worlds of possibility (literature, television, and film), lifting blacks, Latin Americans, and indigenous peoples out from the background of this historically white genre.This collection considers the role of race and ethnicity in our visions of the future. The first section emphasizes the political elements of black identity portrayed in science fiction from black America to the vast reaches of interstellar space. In the next section, analysis of indigenous science fiction addresses the effects of colonization, helps discard the emotional and psychological baggage carried from its impact, and recovers ancestral traditions in order to adapt in a post-Native-apocalyptic world. Likewise, this section explores the affinity between science fiction and subjectivity in Latin American cultures from the role of science and industrialization to the effects of being in and moving between two cultures. By infusing more color into this otherwise monochrome genre, Black and Brown Planets imagines alternate racial galaxies in which people of color determine human destiny.Isiah Lavender III, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an assistant professor of English at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Race in American Science Fiction.

DKK 858.00
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