Authentic Blackness - &«Real» Blackness explores and explains the idea of authenticity, of &«keeping it real,» as it relates to the multi-faceted meanings of blackness in the United States and the world. Including reflections on hip-hop, comedy, literature, intellectual history, and autobiography, the collection gives both a broad overview of and intervenes in the debates concerning blackness. A comprehensive introductory essay outlines the history of the idea of &«authentic blackness,» while other chapters examine the contours of blackness in Canada and Jamaica; the relationship between middle-class status and &«real» blackness; the link between &«blackness» and hip-hop culture; Dave Chappelle's comedy; and the work of James Baldwin, Countee Cullen, Clarence Major, and John Edgar Wideman as it comments on authenticity in relation to race.
| ISBN: | 9781433115080 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2011 |
| Author: | Martin Japtok, Rafiki Jenkins |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 229 pages |
| Series: | Black Studies and Critical Thinking |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Regional / International studies Theatre studies Society and culture: general |