The performative sustainability of race : reflections on black culture and the politics of identity / Bryant Keith Alexander.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Bryant Keith, 1963-
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Black studies and critical thinking, 1947-5985 ; v. 19
Subjects:
Black people > Race identity > United States.
African Americans > Race identity.
Identity politics > United States.
African Americans in mass media.
Critical pedagogy.
United States > Race relations.
Physical Description:viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Struggles against accusations of performative whiteness
  • Southern hospitality indeed!: a performative engagement with art depictions of African American culture in the rural South
  • Performing culture (race) in the white ivory tower
  • Madea is a real mutha! Madea's family reunion: a case study in the sustainability of racial representation
  • Racializing identity: pedagogy, dis/identification, and regret
  • The materiality of bodies: critical reflections on pedagogy, politics and positionality.