Lure and loathing : essays on race, identity, and the ambivalence of assimilation / edited and with an introduction by Gerald Early.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Early, Gerald Lyn
Language:English
Published: New York : Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1993.
Subjects:
African Americans > Race identity.
African Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Physical Description:xxiv, 351 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Gerald Early
  • Free at last? A personal perspective on race and identity in America / Glenn C. Loury
  • Sushi and grits : ethnic identity and conflict in a newly multicultural America / Itabari Njeri
  • The last great battle of the west : W.E.B. Du Bois and the struggle for African America's soul / Alton B. Pollard III
  • The black table, the empty seat, and the tie / Stephen L. Carter
  • Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? / Stanley Crouch
  • Confessions of a Wannabe Negro / Reginald McKnight
  • Black is the noun / Nikki Giovanni
  • Racism, consciousness, and Afrocentricity / Molefi Kete Asante
  • The welcome table / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  • Off-timing : stepping to the different drummer / Kristin Hunter Lattany
  • Junior and John Doe / James McPherson
  • The Du Boisian dubiety and the American dilemma : two levels of lure and loathing / C. Eric Lincoln
  • Primal orb density / Wanda Coleman
  • The illusion of racial equality : the Black American dilemma / Robert Staples
  • Patriots / Anthony Walton
  • Du Bois's dilemma and African American adaptiveness / Ella Pearson Mitchell
  • Ambivalent maybe / Wilson J. Moses
  • Deep sight and rescue missions / Toni Cade Bambara
  • Race, science, and identity / Kenneth R. Manning
  • "In the kingdom of culture" : Black women and the intersection of race, gender, and class / Darlene Clark Hine.