Africana Studies
African American Life Series
The African American Life series publishes scholarship and creative works representative of the historical, social, cultural, and economic experiences of African Americans. Because Wayne State University Press is located in Detroit, the series has a particular interest in topics related to urban life and culture.
Series Editors: Melba Joyce Boyd and Ronald E. Brown, Wayne State University
Africana Studies Categories: Africana Studies: Anthropology and Sociology, History and Biographies, Labor and Politics, Language and Culture, Literature and Poetry, Theatre, Art, and Film
Africana Studies Series: African American Life Series
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Bearing Witness to African American Literature
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If We Must Die
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From Bourgeois to Boojie
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Keepin' It Hushed
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Pages from a Black Radical’s Notebook
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Bearing Witness to African American Literature An interdisciplinary, code-switching, critical collection by revisionist African American scholar and activist Bernard W. Bell. |
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If We Must Die Investigates a variety of texts in which the self-image of poor, urban black men in the U.S. is formed within, by, and against a culture of racial terror and state violence. |
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From Bourgeois to Boojie Examines how generations of African Americans perceive, proclaim, and name the combined performance of race and class across genres. |
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Keepin' It Hushed Examines the barbershop as a rhetorical site in African American culture across genres, including fiction, film, poetry, and theater. |
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Pages from a Black Radical’s Notebook Collects nearly four decades’ worth of writings by Detroit political and labor activist James Boggs. |
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Roses and Revolutions Collects significant poetry, short stories, and essays by celebrated African American poet and publisher Dudley Randall. |
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The Golden Underground New from accomplished poet Anthony Butts, a collection of modern free verse with an attention to formal syntax and a keen religious sensibility. |
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Race and Remembrance Memoir of respected Detroit civic and civil rights leader Arthur L. Johnson. |
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When the Church Becomes Your Party A look at the innovations of contemporary performers of modern gospel music and their roots in the African American Christian church. |
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Dear Chester, Dear John A revealing collection of correspondence between Chester Himes and John A. Williams, two prominent twentieth-century African American novelists. |
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