{"product_id":"am-i-black-enough-for-you-9780253211057","title":"Am I Black Enough for You","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores race and class in mainstream representation of African American popular culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With this book, Boyd has exponentially increased understanding of the cultural genesis and evolution of the \"new\" black aesthetics... The language has an \"in-your-face\" tone, yet it exemplifies the best in scholarly discourse. From start to finish readers will be mesmerized by the \"new jack\" style.\" - Choice \"From how rap music relates to politics and black masculinity to differences between folk and popular culture in the black community, this provides much food for thought.\" - Midwest Book Review \"Boyd ... fuses academic analysis with hipness in his compassionate and insightful dissection of how the media, especially Hollywood, define African American culture ... Boyd, compelling and thought-provoking, reveals how paradoxical life is for African Americans, even those at the top of their game.\" - Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Representin' the Real Pg. 1\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Real Niggaz Don't Die: Generational Shifts in Contemporary Popular Culture. Pg. 16\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Check Yo Self Before You Wreck Yo Self: The Death of Politics in Rap Music and Popular\u003cbr\u003e Culture. Pg. 50\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: A Small Introduction to the 'G' Funk Era: Gangsta Rap and Black Masculinity in Contemporary\u003cbr\u003e Los Angeles. Pg. 80\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Young, Black, and Don't Give a Fuck: Experiencing the Cinema of Nihilism. Pg. 109\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: True to the Game: Basketball as the Embodiment of Blackness in Contemporary Popular\u003cbr\u003e Culture. Pg. 141\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Some New Improved Shit. Pg. 173\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400641290583,"sku":"9780253211057","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253211057.jpg?v=1730471186","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/am-i-black-enough-for-you-9780253211057","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}