Representing Black Culture: Race and Cultural Politics in the United States / Edition 1

by Richard M. Merelman

Overview

Representing Black Culture provides an innovative and comprehensive analysis of the role that black culture plays in American race realtions. By analyzing films, literature, popular music, education, television, and governmental cultural policy, Richard M. Merelman looks carefuly at how African-Americans as well as whites have represented and projected balck culture into the mainstream. He then goes on to examine how this representation can change American national identity and reduce racial conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415910750
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/30/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

Merelman (political science, U. of Wisconsin) examines how African-Americans, as well as whites, have represented and projected black culture into the mainstream through film, literature, popular music, education, television, and governmental cultural policy, and explains how representation can change American national identity and reduce racial conflict. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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