Who's afraid of post-blackness?

Description:

In the age of Obama, racial attitudes have become more complicated and nuanced than ever before. Inspired by a president who is unlike any Black man ever seen on our national stage, we are searching for new ways of understanding Blackness. In this book, the author, a commentator and journalist tackles what it means to be Black in America today. He begins by examining the concept of "Post-Blackness," a term that defines artists who are proud to be Black but don't want to be limited by identity politics and boxed in by race. He soon discovers that the desire to be rooted in but not constrained by Blackness is everywhere. In this book he argues that Blackness is infinite, that any identity imaginable is Black, and that all expressions of Blackness are legitimate. -- From the publsher.

subjects: Race relations,  African Americans,  Psychology,  Race identity,  Ethnische Identität,  Ethnische Beziehungen,  Schwarze,  United states, race relations,  African americans, psychology,  African americans, race identity,  Noirs américains,  Identité collective,  Psychologie,  Relations interethniques,  African americans--race identity,  African americans--psychology,  E185.625 .t68 2011,  305.896/073,  African american studies,  General,  Urban,  Social sciences -> social sciences -> ethnic studies,  Social sciences -> social sciences -> general,  Social sciences -> sociology -> urban sociology

Places: United States