Ellis, Aim�e J., 1969-2009.

If we must die from Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls / [electronic resource] : Aime J. Ellis. - Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2011. - ix, 213 p. : ill. - African American life series . - African American life. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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."


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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African American men--Social conditions.
African American men--Psychology.
Masculinity--Social aspects--United States.
Death--Social aspects--United States.
Masculinity--Psychological aspects.--United States
Death--Psychological aspects.--United States
Racism--History.--United States
State-sponsored terrorism--History.--United States
African American men in popular culture.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

E185.86 / .E436 2011eb

305.38/896073

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