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on black lives, white lies, and the art of survival
Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison calls the 'master narrative' and replaces it with a story of black survival and persistence through art and community in the face of centuries of racism. In eight essays, he explores such topics as the twisted legacy of jokes and falsehoods in black life, the importance of black fathers and community, the significance of black writers and stories and the beauty and pain of the black body.
Getting it twisted -- The elements of strut -- Shooting negroes -- Color him father -- The seer and the seen : on reading and being -- Brick relics -- The thing itself -- Of love and struggle : the limits of respectability -- Selected bibliography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies