Womack, Ytasha.

Post black : how a new generation is redefining African American identity / Ytasha L. Womack. - Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010. - xvi, 206 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: identity theft -- The generation gap: the young black professional -- The African diaspora: new immigrants in African America -- Bridges: biracial, bicultural identity -- Black, gay, lesbian, and proud: GLBT in black America -- Spirituality: the new black religious experience -- The hip-hop factor: black art in a commercial landscape -- Black entrepreneurs: new urban impresarios and postracial shopkeepers -- Talented tenth revisited: capitalism versus social responsibility -- Neofeminism: womanist values in the age of the video girl -- The Obama factor: redefining possibility.

9781556528057 (pbk.)

2009029619


African Americans--Race identity.
African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
Identity (Psychology)

E185.625 / .W595 2010

305.896/073