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

Author/creator Branch, Lessie B. author.
Format Book
PublicationAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
Descriptionxii, 141 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Branch, Lessie B. Optimism at all costs. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018] 9781613765661
LCCN 2017050245
ISBN9781625343277
ISBN9781625343260 hardcover
ISBN1625343264 hardcover
ISBN1625343272 paperback

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E185.615 .B66 2018 ✔ Available Place Hold