Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban AmericaIn this vibrant, thought-provoking book, Kelley, "the preeminant 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. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
Contents
PREFACE | |
INTRODUCTION | |
CHAPTER | |
CHAPTER | |
CHAPTER THREE | |
CHAPTER FOUR | |
CHAPTER FIVE | |
EPILOGUE | |
NOTES | |
PROPS RESPECT AND LOVE | |
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Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America Robin D.G. Kelley Limited preview - 1998 |
Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America Robin D.G. Kelley Limited preview - 1998 |
Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America Robin D. G. Kelley,Robin D. G Kelley No preview available - 1997 |
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