Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!

Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America

Author: Robin D. G. Kelley
ISBN: 0807009415

"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 has him

Publisher: Beacon Press
Publish Date: 1997

Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / Sociology / Urban

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Black Resource Center (Location: 1B), Black Resource Center (Location: 1B)