The black body

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Where to find it

Davis Library (5th floor)

Call Number
E185.625 .B5545 2009
Status
Checked Out (Due 4/30/2024)

Stone Center Library

Call Number
E185.625 .B5545 2009
Status
Checked Out (Due 6/10/2024)

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Names:

Summary

What does it mean to have, or to love, a black body? Taking on the challenge of interpreting the black body's dramatic role in American culture are thirty black, white, and biracial contributors--award-winning actors, artists, writers, and comedians--including voices as varied as President Obama's inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander, actor and bestselling author Hill Harper, political strategist Kimball Stroud, television producer Joel Lipman, former Saturday Night Live writer Anne Beatts, and singer-songwriter Jason Luckett.
Ranging from deeply serious to playful, sometimes hilarious, musings, these essays explore myriad issues with wisdom and a deep sense of history. Meri Nana-Ama Danquah's unprecedented collection illuminates the diversity of identities and individual experiences that define the black body in our culture.

Contents

  • Acknowledgments p. 7
  • Introduction: Body Language p. 13 Mrin Nana-Ama Danquah
  • "Reading" the Black Body: or, Considering My GrandmotherÆs Hair p. 31 Elizabeth Alexander
  • Blood and Fire p. 41 Steven Kotler
  • Playing the Verses Straight p. 47 Jason Luckett
  • Hair Apparent p. 55 Lynell George
  • Even a Brick House Can Blow Down p. 65 Annie Burrows
  • Not As Fast As Joe p. 75 Joel Lipman
  • Hands p. 91 Nzingha Clarke
  • My Ace in the Hole p. 99 Susan E. Matus
  • Initiation of a Desire p. 109 Brent Jennings
  • Our Kind of People p. 119 Kimball Stroud
  • A Cinematic Montage of the Black Male Heart p. 127 A. Van Jordan
  • The Meaning of Ashy p. 135 David Goldsmith
  • 1,000 o'clock: Johnson Time p. 141 Peter J. Harris
  • The Unborrowable Blackness of Being p. 149 Philip Littell
  • A Tail Tale p. 157 S. Pearl Sharp
  • Feeling Tosha Jones p. 161 Kenji Jasper
  • Stones and Sticks p. 167 Carolyn L Holbrook
  • My Daughter, My Self p. 175 Anne Beatts
  • The New Math p. 183 Werner Disse
  • What You See Is What You Get p. 191 Hill Harper
  • The Right Side of the Dial p. 199 Kenny White
  • Soul Power p. 211 Yolanda Young
  • The Soul Section p. 217 Susan Hayden
  • Break Skin, Break Spirit p. 229 Men Nana-Ama Danquah
  • The Black Brain p. 245 Greg Tate
  • Hungry p. 253 Kenneth Carroll
  • Fear and Loathing p. 261 Stephanie Covington Armstrong
  • In Sickness p. 269 Gail Wronsky
  • Sacred Rhythm p. 279 Tajamika Paxton
  • The Joy in the Journey p. 287 Tonita Austin-Hilley
  • Notes on Contributors p. 296

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