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Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic by Michelle D. Commander 9780822363231
RRP: £23.99£20.84In Afro-Atlantic Flight Michelle D. Commander traces how post-civil rights Black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa as a means by which to heal the dispossession caused by the slave trade... -
The Color of Fascism: Lawrence Dennis, Racial Passing, and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism in the United States by Gerald Horne
RRP: £25.99£22.49What does it mean that Lawrence Dennis-arguably the "brains" behind U.S. fascism-was born black but spent his entire adult life passing for white? Born in Atlanta in 1893, Dennis began life as a highly touted African American child preacher, touring... -
Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity by Nestor Garcia Canclini
RRP: £23.99£20.84When it was originally published, Hybrid Cultures was foundational to Latin American cultural studies. This now-classic work features a new introduction in which Nestor Garcia Canclini calls for a cultural politics to contain the damaging effects of... -
Black Images In The Comics by Fredrik Stromberg 9781606995624
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606995624Author Fredrik StrombergFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 423g -
Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians by Morris Edward Opler 9780803286023
RRP: £9.99£7.71"We are dealing here with a living literature," wrote Morris Edward Opler in his preface to Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians. First published in 1942 by the American Folk-Lore Society, this is another classic study by the author of Myths... -
Couture and Consensus: Fashion and Politics in Postcolonial Argentina by Regina A. Root
RRP: £23.99£20.84Following Argentina's revolution in 1810, the dress of young patriots inspired a nation and distanced its politics from the relics of Spanish colonialism. Fashion writing often escaped the notice of authorities, allowing authors to masquerade political... -
The Black Hebrew Awakening: The Final 400 Years As Slaves In America by Dante Fortson 9781729752432
RRP: £29.99£22.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781729752432Author Dante FortsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora by Shana L. Redmond 9780814770412
RRP: £27.99£24.54For people of African descent, music constitutes a unique domain of expression. From traditional West African drumming to South African kwaito, from spirituals to hip-hop, Black life and history has been dynamically displayed and contested through sound... -
After #Ferguson, After #Baltimore: The Challenge of Black Death and Black Life for Black Political Thought by Barnor Hesse 9780822370970
RRP: £13.99£12.59Drawing primarily on the US #blacklivesmatter movement, contributors to this issue come to terms with the crisis in the meaning of black politics during the post-civil rights era as evidenced in the unknown trajectories of black protests. The authors'... -
Truth of a Hopi: Stories Relating to the Origin, Myths and Clan Histories of the Hopi by Edmund Nequatewa 9781604590333
RRP: £14.99£10.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604590333Author Edmund NequatewaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint A & D PublishingPublisher A & D PublishingWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North by Kenneth Pratt
RRP: £59.00£51.01The North is changing at an unprecedented rate as industrial development and the climate crisis disrupt not only the environment but also long-standing relationships to the land and traditional means of livelihood. Memory and Landscape: Indigenous... -
They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of the Struggle for Black Lives by Wesley Lowery 9780316312493
RRP: £17.99£11.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316312493Author Wesley LoweryFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 227g -
Passed On: African American Mourning Stories, A Memorial by Karla F. C. Holloway
RRP: £22.99£20.72Passed On is a portrait of death and dying in twentieth-century African America. Through poignant reflection and thorough investigation of the myths, rituals, economics, and politics of African American mourning and burial practices, Karla FC Holloway... -
Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg by Vanessa K. Valdes 9781438465142
£18.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438465142Author Vanessa K. ValdesFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders With America's Mexican Migrants by Ted Conover 9780394755182
£13.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394755182Author Ted ConoverFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238g -
Black Privilege: Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend by Cassi Pittman Pittman Claytor
RRP: £23.99£20.84In their own words, the subjects of this book present a rich portrait of the modern black middle-class, examining how cultural consumption is a critical tool for enjoying material comforts as well as challenging racism. New York City has the largest... -
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho 9781250800473
RRP: £18.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250800473Author Emmanuel AchoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Flatiron Books: An Oprah BookPublisher Flatiron Books: An Oprah BookWeight(grams)... -
The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages by Mimi Thi Nguyen
RRP: £23.99£20.84In The Gift of Freedom, Mimi Thi Nguyen develops a new understanding of contemporary United States empire and its self-interested claims to provide for others the advantage of human freedom. Bringing together critiques of liberalism with postcolonial... -
Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
RRP: £22.99£20.01In Experiments in Skin Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the ongoing influence of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty. Framing skin as the site around which these ideas have been formed, Tu foregrounds the histories of militarism in... -
Want to Start a Revolution?: Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle by Jeanne Theoharis 9780814783146
RRP: £27.99£24.54Uncovers the often overlooked stories of the women who shaped the black freedom struggle The story of the black freedom struggle in America has been overwhelmingly male-centric, starring leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Huey Newton... -
Santeria from Africa to the New World: The Dead Sell Memories by George Brandon
RRP: £15.99£14.24"On his own terms, Brandon more than fulfills his promise to take the reader on the transatlantic journey of the orisha and to explore the complexities of African memory in the diaspora." -American Historical Review "He adeptly addresses broader issues,... -
The Story of Lynx by Claude Levi-Strauss 9780226474724
RRP: £24.00£23.03"In olden days, in a village peopled by animal creatures, lived Wild Cat (another name for Lynx). He was old and mangy, and he was constantly scratching himself with his cane. From time to time, a young girl who lived in the same cabin would grab the... -
From Here to Equality, Second Edition: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century by William A Darity 9781469671208
RRP: £21.95£13.94Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. At several historic moments, the trajectory of racial inequality could have been altered dramatically. But neither Reconstruction nor the New Deal nor... -
The Other One Percent: Indians in America by Sanjoy Chakravorty
RRP: £43.49£39.93One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States. People of Indian origin make up a little over one percent of the American population now, up from barely half a percent at the turn of the... -
Tropical Freedom: Climate, Settler Colonialism, and Black Exclusion in the Age of Emancipation by Ikuko Asaka 9780822369103
RRP: £24.99£21.67In Tropical Freedom Ikuko Asaka engages in a hemispheric examination of the intersection of emancipation and settler colonialism in North America. Asaka shows how from the late eighteenth century through Reconstruction, emancipation efforts in the United... -
American Indians by Devon A. Mihesuah 9780932863225
£12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932863225Author Devon A. MihesuahFormat PaperbackPage Count 149Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity Press -
I Say to You: Ethnic Politics and the Kalenjin in Kenya by Gabrielle Lynch
RRP: £30.00£29.25In 2007 a disputed election in Kenya erupted into a two-month political crisis that led to the deaths of more than a thousand people and the displacement of almost seven hundred thousand. Much of the violence fell along ethnic lines, the principal... -
The Sioux: Life and Customs of a Warrior Society by Royal B. Hassrick 9780806121406
RRP: £22.95£19.60For many people the Sioux, as warriors and as buffalo hunters, have become the symbol of all that is Indian colorful figures endowed with great fortitude and powerful vision. They were the heroes of the Great Plains, and they were the villains, too.Royal... -
Deradicalisation and Terrorist Rehabilitation: A Framework for Policy-making and Implementation by Rohan Gunaratna
RRP: £37.99£33.38The threat of terrorism, if not adequately managed, is likely to increase exponentially. As terrorist groups' influence and networks spread globally, a concerted effort in counterterrorism strategy is critical to mitigating the threat they present... -
The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory by Renee Romano 9780820328140
£36.45The movement for civil rights in America peaked in the 1950s and 1960s; however, a closely related struggle, this time over the movement's legacy, has been heatedly engaged over the past two decades. How the civil rights movement is currently being... -
The Mis-education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
RRP: £13.99£9.24New to Penguin Classics, one of the most influential works of Black social criticism ever written The Mis-education of the Negro is today considered one of the most influential works by 'the father of Black history', Carter G. Woodson, setting the table... -
River-Horse: Across America by Boat by William Least Heat-Moon 9780140298604
RRP: £24.00£17.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140298604Author William Least Heat-MoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 498gDimensions(mm)... -
The NAACP's Legal Strategy against Segregated Education, 1925-1950 by Mark V. Tushnet 9780807855959
RRP: £37.95£35.65The NAACP's fight against segregated education - the first public interest litigation campaign - culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the NAACP acted, Mark V. Tushnet... -
Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed Us Pop Culture by Aria S Halliday
RRP: £21.99£19.19Buy Black examines the role American Black women play in Black consumption in the US and worldwide, with a focus on their pivotal role in packaging Black feminine identity since the 1960s. Through an exploration of the dolls, princesses, and... -
Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet by Rosalyn R. LaPier 9781496214775
RRP: £25.99£23.26[LaPier's] book refreshingly is tied to her extended family, especially its women, instead of the generalized 'Blackfoot' of most outside ethnographers. Readable in style, [Invisible Reality] conveys the self-respect and confidence that paternalist... -
Violent Utopia: Dispossession and Black Restoration in Tulsa by Jovan Scott Lewis
RRP: £22.99£20.01In Violent Utopia Jovan Scott Lewis retells the history and afterlife of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, from the post-Reconstruction migration of Black people to Oklahoma Indian Territory to contemporary efforts to rebuild Black prosperity. He focuses on... -
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History by Karlos K. Hill 9780806168562
RRP: £33.95£30.91On the evening of May 31, 1921, and in the early morning hours of June 1, several thousand white citizens and authorities violently attacked the African American Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the course of some twelve hours of mob violence,... -
What's Faith Got to do with it: Black Bodies, Christian Souls by Kelly Brown Douglas
£17.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570756092Author Kelly Brown DouglasFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA) -
Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition by Adam Gussow
RRP: £32.00£31.11Taking its title from a lyric by Mississippi bluesman Charley Patton, "Seems Liks Murder Here" offers a revealing new account of the blues tradition. Far from mere laments about lost loves and "hard times", blues songs and literature emerge in this... -
The Legacy of Slavery at Harvard: Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Committee by The Presidential Committee on the Legacy of Slavery The Presidential Committee on the Legacy of Slavery
RRP: £18.95£15.37Harvard's searing and sobering indictment of its own long-standing relationship with chattel slavery and anti-Black discrimination.In recent years, scholars have documented extensive relationships between American higher education and slavery. The...