Post Black how a new generation is redefining African American identity

Summary: Highlighting certain socio-economic and cultural trends, this exploration discloses the dynamics shaping contemporary lives of African Americans. This title presents an examination that gives voice to what the author has deemed 'post black' approaches to business, lifestyles, and religion that are nowhere else reflected as part of black life.

Record details

ISBN: 9781569765395 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1569765391 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781556528057 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1556528051 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781556528057 (pbk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xvi, 207 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: identity theft -- The generation gap: the young Black professional -- The African diaspora: new immigrants in African America -- Bridges: biracial, bicultural identity -- Black, gay, lesbian, and proud: GLBT in Black America -- Spirituality: the new Black religious experience -- The hip-hop factor: Black art in a commercial landscape -- Black entrepreneurs: new urban impresarios and postracial shopkeepers -- Talented tenth revisited: capitalism versus social responsibility -- Neofeminism: womanist values in the age of the video girl -- The Obama factor: redefining possibility.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.