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Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America

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39/100

Critics

61/100

Scholars

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Author:

Michael Eric Dyson

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press

Date:

November 2, 2021

For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social activist and ordained Baptist minister. He has presented a rich and resourceful set of ideas about American history and culture. Now for the first time he brings together the various components of his multihued identity and eclectic pursuits.

What The Reviewers Say

Holly Bass,
The New York Times Book Review
In highlighting these seemingly ordinary activities, [Dyson] adroitly alludes to the dire consequences that sometimes accrue from fill-in-the-blank, doing and being 'while Black'.
Allison Escoto,
Booklist
... an excellent set of ruminations that examine the resulting pressures and scrutiny of Black entertainment, honor the endurance and beauty of Black artistry, and reach into political history and analysis.
Daniel Fryer,
The Washington Post
... an ambitious effort.

Publishers Weekly
... wide-ranging and artfully conceived.