New Materials, July 2008 --.Africana Library, Cornell University

Selected New Materials: July 2008

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Composition and Cornell West: Notes toward a Deep Democracy. Keith Gilyard. Africana Library: E185.86 .G495 2008

The 47 papers discuss such aspects of Woolf's writing as gender crossing, the body, and imperialism, teaching her work in the undergraduate classroom, and her relation to Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, contemporary critics and readers, and her own heritage. No index. The CIP shows a subtitle: Themes and Variations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (Bowker’s Books in Print)

Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America. Lee A. Daniels. Africana Library: E185.615 .D36 2008

In the twentieth century, a broad consensus to fight racial discrimination linked black Americans of all social classes, and gave birth to a movement that paved the way for black political power. Now, however, Black America is facing a moment of crisis. Despite the spectacular successes of some black Americans, such as Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey, many of the hopes of the Civil Rights Movement have not been realized. Crime still disproportionately afflicts black neighborhoods, and more black males are in prison than in college. The National Urban League and the NAACP have become calcified and passe; and the GOP has effectively abandoned any pretense of offering blacks a political home. Black America is at a turning point, though. The Democratic victories of 2006, the collapse of the Republican Party, and the galvanizing impact of the Obama candidacy are all signs of hope that the momentum of its decline into political insignificance can be reversed. The 2008 Election is Black America's last chance. (Bowker’s Books in Print)

In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture In Post-Civil Rights ERA. Richard Iton. Africana Library: E185.625 .I76 2008

Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture emerged as a tool to forge community and effect political change. However, with the new avenues opened to African Americans in the post-Civil Rights era, many believe the influence of black popular culture on the political sphere began to diminish steadily. Yet as Richard Iton shows in this uniquely trenchant volume, despite the changes brought about by the Civil Rights movement--and contrary to the wishes of those committed to narrower conceptions of politics--black artists have continued to play a significant role in the making and maintenance of critical social spaces. Here, Iton offers an original portrait of the relationship between popular culture and institutionalized politics, tracing the connections between artists such as Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansberry, Richard Pryor, Bob Marley, Erykah Badu, and those individuals working in the protest, electoral, and policymaking arenas. With an emphasis on questions of class, gender, and sexuality--and diaspora and coloniality (Bowker’s Books in Print)


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		Print This Page Selected New Materials: July 2008 Click Here For Previous Months \| Purchase Request Books Books: Composition and Cornell West: Notes toward a Deep Democracy. Keith Gilyard. Africana Library: E185.86 .G495 2008 The 47 papers discuss such aspects of Woolf's writing as gender crossing, the body, and imperialism, teaching her work in the undergraduate classroom, and her relation to Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, contemporary critics and readers, and her own heritage. No index. The CIP shows a subtitle: Themes and Variations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (Bowker’s Books in Print) Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America. Lee A. Daniels. Africana Library: E185.615 .D36 2008 In the twentieth century, a broad consensus to fight racial discrimination linked black Americans of all social classes, and gave birth to a movement that paved the way for black political power. Now, however, Black America is facing a moment of crisis. Despite the spectacular successes of some black Americans, such as Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey, many of the hopes of the Civil Rights Movement have not been realized. Crime still disproportionately afflicts black neighborhoods, and more black males are in prison than in college. The National Urban League and the NAACP have become calcified and passe; and the GOP has effectively abandoned any pretense of offering blacks a political home. Black America is at a turning point, though. The Democratic victories of 2006, the collapse of the Republican Party, and the galvanizing impact of the Obama candidacy are all signs of hope that the momentum of its decline into political insignificance can be reversed. The 2008 Election is Black America's last chance. (Bowker’s Books in Print) In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture In Post-Civil Rights ERA. Richard Iton. Africana Library: E185.625 .I76 2008 Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture emerged as a tool to forge community and effect political change. However, with the new avenues opened to African Americans in the post-Civil Rights era, many believe the influence of black popular culture on the political sphere began to diminish steadily. Yet as Richard Iton shows in this uniquely trenchant volume, despite the changes brought about by the Civil Rights movement--and contrary to the wishes of those committed to narrower conceptions of politics--black artists have continued to play a significant role in the making and maintenance of critical social spaces. Here, Iton offers an original portrait of the relationship between popular culture and institutionalized politics, tracing the connections between artists such as Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansberry, Richard Pryor, Bob Marley, Erykah Badu, and those individuals working in the protest, electoral, and policymaking arenas. With an emphasis on questions of class, gender, and sexuality--and diaspora and coloniality (Bowker’s Books in Print)