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Loading... Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights America (edition 2016)by Jeff Chang (Author)
Work InformationWho We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights America by Jeff Chang
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. An amazing look at how the cultural image of American went from white to one of many colors. A joy, a treat, an education. In all the best ways. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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"Race. A four-letter word. The greatest social divide in American life, a half-century ago and today. During that time, the U.S. has seen the most dramatic demographic and cultural shifts in its history, what can be called the colorization of America. But the same nation that elected its first Black president on a wave of hope--another four-letter word--is still plunged into endless culture wars. How do Americans see race now? How has that changed--and not changed--over the half-century? After eras framed by words like 'multicultural' and 'post-racial,' do we see each other any more clearly? Who We Be remixes comic strips and contemporary art, campus protests and corporate marketing campaigns, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Trayvon Martin into a powerful, unusual, and timely cultural history of the idea of racial progress. In this follow-up to the award-winning classic Can't Stop Won't Stop : A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, Jeff Chang brings fresh energy, style, and sweep to the essential American story"-- No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)305.800973Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups ; racism, multiculturalism General Biography And History North America United StatesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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