Representations of Blackness and the Performance of Identities United States - African American & Black ; Young Adult Fiction ISBN-10 : 0743451783

ISBN-10 : 0743451783

When Amir receives his own life changing news

he learns the language and culture of the place and joins in completing the rites his ancestor was performing when he was captured by slavers

it’s downright annoying

the dizzying sensation following prolonged oppression and delusions of skin colour

Representations of Blackness and the Performance of Identities United States - African American & Black ; Young Adult Fiction ISBN-10 : 0743451783The essays gathered in this volume deal with representations of blackness and the performance of black identities in various historically determined societal contexts of the Americas, Benin, and Spain. The book is grounded on the premise that representations constitute, in part, the world in which we live. An important aspect of the struggles of dominated people consists in more or less overtly challenging, manipulating, combatting, negating, and