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Despite all the medical and media attention focused on the rate of overweight and obesity in the African American population, African American images and body types are greatly influencing changes in the fashion, fitness, advertising, television and movie industries.

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This new bibliography offers access to journal articles, books and book chapters, doctoral dissertations and masters theses, government and university reports, and other materials. A classified index, with titles, lists works by category and subject, and a key word index cross-references nearly one thousand words that appear in entry titles.

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They emphasize the grassroots aspects of black conservatism with a reliance on common sense and common humanity.

The strength of the black conservative voice lies in the growth of its numbers and social influence.

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This collection explores the Black body in the context of transhuman realities from a variety of literary and artistic perspectives. Contributing to broader thought about Black transcendence of subjectivity in a posthuman framework, the chapters explore interpretations of the old and visions of the new human.

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This collection explores the Black body in the context of transhuman realities from a variety of literary and artistic perspectives. Contributing to broader thought about Black transcendence of subjectivity in a posthuman framework, the chapters explore interpretations of the old and visions of the new human.

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Drawing from the lives of Ossie Davis, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, and W. E. B. Du Bois, as well as his own experience, and fully updated to account for what has transpired since the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, Yancy provides an invaluable resource for students and t...

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This book analyzes enduring racial divides in homeownership, work, and income using the politics of respectability concept. It also examines an alternative way of understanding the Black Lives Matter movement, NFL protests, and challenges facing various black ethnic groups.

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This book analyzes enduring racial divides in homeownership, work, and income using the politics of respectability concept. It also examines an alternative way of understanding the Black Lives Matter movement, NFL protests, and challenges facing various black ethnic groups.

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In Black Corona, Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. The book is a contribution to the study of the interplay of race, class, and space in contemporary urban communities.

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This edited book is a valuable contribution to the study of Black families (African and African Caribbean) in the UK. It provides a unique combination of a systematic yet clear-headed approach to the subject with up-to-date and well-researched data. -- .

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This one-of-a kind book challenges the current thinking about black girls to show how America has failed them-and what can be done to make their lives better.

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Neither American history nor American society anticipated, sanctioned, or encouraged the development of either Black intellectuals or a Black middle class.

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The first book to explore how African-American writing and art engaged with visions of Ethiopia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries illuminates the increasing tensions and ironies behind cultural celebrations of an African country asserting itself as an imperial power.

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The book also suggests a theoretical framework for future research on the impact of Black leadership in America.

A wide range of issues are considered in this volume, beginning with the definition of leadership and the concept of Black leadership.

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Black Love Matters is an in-depth qualitative analysis of black mens attitudes and behavior in marriage and romantic relationships featuring the men's firsthand accounts of the experiences and factors shaping their perspectives.

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In this text, the author questions whether academic studies of black men have contributed to the social perception of black men as deviants, and how the black community has responded to this. Directed towards sociologists, it includes chapters on criminality, colonialism and theories of deviance.

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In this text, the author questions whether academic studies of black men have contributed to the social perception of black men as deviants, and how the black community has responded to this. Directed towards sociologists, it includes chapters on criminality, colonialism and theories of deviance.

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This pioneering volume advances the thesis that there exists a significant linkage between Black politics and Black political behavior, heretofore treated as separate and distinct areas of study.

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This pioneering volume advances the thesis that there exists a significant linkage between Black politics and Black political behavior, heretofore treated as separate and distinct areas of study.

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Drawing on extensive interviews with activists and politicians, Black Politics explains the dynamics of Aboriginal politics. It reveals the challenges and tensions that have shaped community, regional and national relations over the past 25 years.

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opens a window on the ideas and values of real individuals who make up the black community in America. Contrary to the rhetoric of some black leaders, this book shows that African Americans reject racial separatism and embrace a common framework, culture, and identity with other Americans.