Black Literature and Culture Series

This series delves into the rich and multifaceted world of Black literature and culture. It explores pivotal works, authors, and movements that have shaped African American literary expression. Each volume offers profound insights into the historical, social, and artistic contexts influencing these vital contributions to global letters. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the depth and impact of the Black literary tradition.

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Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy
Houston A. Baker Jr.
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In this explosive book, Houston Baker takes stock of the current state of Black Studies in the university and outlines its responsibilities to the newest form of black urban expression—rap. A frank, polemical essay, Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy is an uninhibited defense of Black Studies and an extended commentary on the importance of rap. Written in the midst of the political correctness wars and in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots, Baker's meditation on the academy and black urban expression has generated much controversy and comment from both ends of the political spectrum.
Black British Cultural Studies
Houston A. Baker Jr.
348 pages
13 hours of reading
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These studies should be of use as a resource for those interested in anthropology, sociology, media and literary criticism. The book centres on black British arts, especially film, but also covers such topics as race and representation, and colonial and post-colonial discourse.
There ain't no black in the Union Jack
Paul Gilroy
416 pages
15 hours of reading
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This text is a powerful indictment of contemporary academic practices, in which Gilroy highlighted the inadequacies of the British approach to race. It provided a powerful new direction for race relations theory in Britain

Recommended Reading Order

Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy

Black British Cultural Studies

There ain't no black in the Union Jack