James Baldwin and the 1980s : witnessing the Reagan era / Joseph Vogel.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vogel, Joseph, 1981- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 > Criticism and interpretation. Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987. Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century. American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century. Nineteen eighties. African Americans > Intellectual life. American literature > African American authors. Literature and society. United States. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Physical Description:	x, 182 pages ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

The price of the beat: Black popular music and the crossover dream
Freaks in the Reagan era: Androgyny and the American ideal of manhood
The welcome table: Intimacy, AIDS, and love
"To crush the serpent": The religious right and the moral minority
Things not seen: Covering tragedy, from the terror in Atlanta to Black Lives Matter.