If we must die : from Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls / Aime J. Ellis

Author: Ellis, Aimé J., 1969-2009
Published: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date: ©2011
Physical Description: ix, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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African American life

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."

Subject(s)

African American men—Social conditions
African American men—Psychology
Masculinity—Social aspects—United States
Death—Social aspects—United States
Masculinity—United States—Psychological aspects
Death—United States—Psychological aspects
Racism—United States—History
State-sponsored terrorism—United States—History
African American men in popular culture
American literature—African American authors—History and criticism

ISBN

9780814334133 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081433413X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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If we must die : from Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls / Aime J. Ellis

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