In this Book
- From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Wayne State University Press
- Series: African American Life Series
summary
Examines how generations of African Americans perceive, proclaim, and name the combined performance of race and class across genres.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxiii-xxvi
- PART I. PERFORMING RESPONSIBILITY
- 2 Pockets of Sanity
- pp. 49-60
- 5 The Drug of White Supremacy
- pp. 85-88
- PART II. PERFORMING WOMANHOOD
- 8 Rosalind
- pp. 131-142
- 9 Scenes from Single Black Female
- pp. 143-152
- PART III. PERFORMING MEDIA
- 11 Hip-hop and Capitalist Interests
- pp. 159-174
- PART IV. PERFORMING SEXUALITY
- 15 The Black Church and the Blues Body
- pp. 235-260
- 17 Black Ladies and Black Magic Women
- pp. 287-308
- 18 "Boojie!”: A Question of Authenticity
- pp. 309-330
- CONTRIBUTORS
- pp. 339-346
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814336427
Related ISBN(s)
9780814334683
MARC Record
OCLC
794413050
Pages
392
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-08
Language
English
Open Access
No
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