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9780807009413

Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807009413

  • ISBN10:

    0807009415

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1998-09-17
  • Publisher: Beacon Press

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"It is not too much or too early to call Robin D. G. Kelley a leading black historian of the age. But it may not be enough." --Paul Buhle, Monthly Review In this vibrant, thought-provoking book, Kelley, "the preeminent historian of black popular culture writing today" (Cornel West) shows how the multicolored urban working class is the solution to the ills of American cities. He undermines widespread misunderstandings of black culture and shows how they have contributed to the failure of social policy to save our cities. "A salvo in response to the latest conservative efforts to mine the familiar battery of statistics in search of proof that African-Americans belong at the bottom of society. Kelley, a historian, turns his considerable skill toward public policy and perceptions." --William Jelani Cobb, Emerge "Kelley's crafted a funny, fast-paced tour of recent and long-standing debates about the quality, form, and function of black life, an interdisciplinary performance that hashim kicking up dust across all kinds of boundaries. . . . Kelley doesn't skimp on historical detail or intellectual rigor; best of all, he can play the dozens with the best of them." --The Village Voice Literary Supplement "Kelley writes about culture, politics, Negrocons, disgruntled former leftists, and contemporary activists with intelligence, passion, insight, and great humor. This important, fluid book makes it clear that Kelley's genius is his ability to bring complex ideas down to earth and simultaneously make them transcendent." --Jill Nelson, author of Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-Up Black Woman

Author Biography

Robin D. G.Kelley, a frequent contributor to The New York Times, is professor of history and Africana studies at New York University and author of the award-winning Hammer and Hoe, Race Rebels, and Yo' Mama's Disfunktional! (Beacon / 0941-5 / $14.00 pb). He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Looking for the "Real" Nigga: Social Scientists Construct the Ghettop. 15
Looking to get Paid: How Some Black Youth Put Culture to Workp. 43
Looking Backward: The Limits of Self-Help Ideologyp. 78
Looking Extremely Backward: Why the Enlightenment Will Only Lead Us into the Darkp. 103
Looking Forward: How the New Working Class Can Transform Urban Americap. 125
Epilogue: Looking B(l)ackward: 2097-1997p. 159
Notesp. 181
Props, Respect, and Lovep. 211
Indexp. 216
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