"This study explores contemporary novels, films, performances, and reenactments that depict American slavery and its traumatic effects by invoking a time-travel paradigm to produce a representational strategy of "bodily epistemology." Disrupting the prevailing view that traumati…
This study explores contemporary novels, films, performances, and reenactments that depict American slavery and its traumatic effects by invoking a time-travel paradigm to produce a representational strategy of "bodily epistemology." Disrupting the prevailing view of traumatic k…
"Essays about 1990s popular culture, politics, sports, literature, music"-- From the New York Times bestselling author of But What if We're Wrong", a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about the sin of trying too hard during the greatest …
"In Liberalism, Puritanism and the Colonial Mind, Parrington gives a brilliant account of the beginning and development in American letters, the early ideas that have come to be reckoned as traditionally American--how they came into being, how they were opposed, and what influen…
Traces the history of the RAND Corporation from its origins as a World War II consultant to the Air Force to its current role in the United States' invasion of Iraq, exploring how the organization has influenced every major military operation since its creation.
The Gospel of Hip Hop is a philosophical work of KRS ONE. Set in the format of a self-help book, this work is a spiritual manual of the Hip Hop Kulture that combines classic philosophy with faith and practical knowledge. KRS ONE details the development of the culture and the way…
The Gospel of Hip Hop is a philosophical work of KRS ONE. Set in the format of a self-help book, this work is a spiritual manual of the Hip Hop Kulture that combines classic philosophy with faith and practical knowledge. KRS ONE details the development of the culture and the way…
Introduction: in search of brightest Africa -- A cry from Africa : Victorians, new women, new Negroes, and moderns confront the dark continent -- To Bunco a Yankee : America and the Congo question -- Written on the wall : pan-African dreams of African empires and republics -- To…