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Signifyin(g), Sanctifyin', and Slam Dunking: A Reader in African American
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Signifyin(g), Sanctifyin', and Slam Dunking: A Reader in African American Expressive Culture Paperback - 1999

by Gena Dagel Caponi (Editor)

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  • Title Signifyin(g), Sanctifyin', and Slam Dunking: A Reader in African American Expressive Culture
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst
  • Date August 1999
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Z1-C-022-02294
  • ISBN 9781558491830 / 155849183X
  • Weight 1.62 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.19 x 1.2 in (23.50 x 15.72 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Popular culture - United States, African Americans - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99018345
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.896

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Although a prominent writer and political leader, James Weldon Johnson might be most widely remembered today as the co-writer (with his brother J. Rosamond Johnson) of "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

From the rear cover

Observers of American society have long noted the distinctive contribution of African Americans to the nation's cultural life. We find references to African American music and dance, black forms of oral expression, even a black style of playing basketball. But what do such terms really mean? Is it legitimate to talk about a distinct African American aesthetic, or is this simply a vestige of an outmoded racial essentialism? What makes a particular form of cultural expression "black", other than the fact that some African Americans may practice it?

These are some of the questions addressed in the readings gathered in this volume by Gena Dagel Caponi. The essays, some previously published and others new, spring from a variety of disciplines and cover a broad range of topics -- from the communal ritual of the ring shout to the evolution of rap to the improvisational genius of Michael Jordan. While each piece focuses on a different aspect of African American expressive culture, together they reveal a set of creative principles, techniques, and practices -- a cultural aesthetic -- that is remarkably consistent and resilient.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 10/15/1999, Page 72
  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2000, Page 23

About the author

Gena Dagel Caponi is Associate Professor of American studies at the University of Texas, San Antonio, and author of Paul Bowles: Romantic Savage.

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