Optimism at all costs : Black attitudes, activism, and advancement in Obama's America / Lessie B. Branch.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Branch, Lessie B. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Obama, Barack > Influence.
African Americans > Attitudes.
African Americans > Economic conditions > 21st century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States > Race relations > History > 21st century.
Physical Description:xii, 141 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: The Paradoxical Ebullience Problem
  • Post-Racial Theories of Racial Inequality
  • Critical Discourse Analysis and Narratives of Race
  • Ebullience and Action in Black Discourse
  • Social Knowledge and Black "Progress"
  • Black America at the End of the Obama Era.