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Author Ellis, Aime J., 1969-2009.

Title If we must die [electronic resource] : from Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls / Aime J. Ellis.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description ix, 213 p. : ill.
Series African American life series
African American life.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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."
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780814334133 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081433413X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814336656 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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