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If we must die : from Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Aimé J., 1969-2009
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, [2011]
Series:African American life series.
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
African American men in popular culture.
State-sponsored terrorism > United States > History.
Racism > United States > History.
Death > United States > Psychological aspects.
Masculinity > United States > Psychological aspects.
Death > Social aspects > United States.
Masculinity > Social aspects > United States.
African American men > Psychology.
African American men > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "Boys in the hood" : Black male community in Richard Wright's Native son
  • "It's a man's world" : rethinking Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on ice in the twenty-first century
  • "Am I black enough for you?" : Black male authenticity in Nathan McCall's Makes me wanna holler : a young Black man in America
  • Death bound : the thug life
  • "How does it feel?" : a question of life and death in D'Angelo's "Untitled."