Social Science
Social Science
First Word: Black Scholars, Thinkers, Warriors; Knowledge, Wisdom, Mental Liberation
Interviews with 13 of today's most influential black thinkers reflect wisdom, wit, joy, and frustration as they speak candidly on issues of education, relationships, the origin of civilization, human rights, and a host of other topics.
$21.95
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
The New York Times bestseller, these groundbreaking essays and poems about race—collected by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and written by the most important voices of her generation—are “thoughtful, searing, and at times, hopeful. The Fire This Time is...
$22.00
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
The New York Times bestseller, these groundbreaking essays and poems about race—collected by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and written by the most important voices of her generation—are “thoughtful, searing, and at times, hopeful. The Fire This Time is...
$26.00
Fear of the Dark: 'Race', Gender and Sexuality in the Cinema
Studies of the portrayal of black people in film have tended to be studies for the ideological correctness of the depictions of black people and the extent to which they rely on stereotypes. By closely examining films such as Sapphire(1959),...
$65.00
Fear of the Dark: 'Race', Gender and Sexuality in the Cinema
Studies of the portrayal of black people in film have tended to be studies for the ideological correctness of the depictions of black people and the extent to which they rely on stereotypes. By closely examining films such as Sapphire(1959),...
$208.00
Family or Freedom: People of Color in the Antebellum South (New Directions In Southern History)
$48.00
Family or Freedom: People of Color in the Antebellum South (New Directions In Southern History)
In the antebellum South, the presence of free people of color was problematic to the white population. Not only were they possible assistants to enslaved people and potential members of the labor force; their very existence undermined popular justifications for...
$48.00
The Fear of French Negroes: Transcolonial Collaboration in the Revolutionary Americas Volume 12
$71.50
The Fear of French Negroes: Transcolonial Collaboration in the Revolutionary Americas Volume 12
The Fear of French Negroes is an interdisciplinary study that explores how people of African descent responded to the collapse and reconsolidation of colonial life in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1845). Using visual culture, popular music and dance,...
$71.50
Fading Out Black and White: Racial Ambiguity in American Culture
What happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade? Not only is the literal face of America changing where white will no longer be the majority, but the...
$62.00
Fading Out Black and White: Racial Ambiguity in American Culture
What happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade? Not only is the literal face of America changing where white will no longer be the majority, but the...
$182.00
Fear of Black Consciousness
In this original and penetrating work, Lewis R. Gordon, one of the leading scholars of Black existentialism and anti-Blackness, takes the reader on a journey through the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and...
$28.00
Faces In Revolution: The Psychological Effects Of Violence
One of South Africa’s most serious problems is the large number of youths in the black townships who have been exposed to an incredible depth and complexity of trauma. Not only have they lived through severe poverty, the deterioration of...
$24.99
Ezili's Mirrors: Imagining Black Queer Genders
From the dagger mistress Ezili Je Wouj and the gender-bending mermaid Lasiren to the beautiful femme queen Ezili Freda, the Ezili pantheon of Vodoun spirits represents the divine forces of love, sexuality, prosperity, pleasure, maternity, creativity, and fertility. And just as...
$123.99
Ezili's Mirrors: Imagining Black Queer Genders Paperback
From the dagger mistress Ezili Je Wouj and the gender-bending mermaid Lasiren to the beautiful femme queen Ezili Freda, the Ezili pantheon of Vodoun spirits represents the divine forces of love, sexuality, prosperity, pleasure, maternity, creativity, and fertility. And just as...
$42.00
Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People (New Black Studies Series)
This groundbreaking collection addresses both new and familiar topics with fresh perspectives to produce original and thought-provoking scholarship on the diasporic histories of black peoples. Through a variety of methodologies and theoretical constructs, the contributors plumb a wide range of...
$41.99
Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond
Following the pathways of imperial commerce, blackface minstrel troupes began to cross the globe in the mid-nineteenth century, popularizing American racial ideologies as they traveled from Britain to its colonies in the Pacific, Asia, and Oceania, finally landing in South...
$108.00
Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond
Following the pathways of imperial commerce, blackface minstrel troupes began to cross the globe in the mid-nineteenth century, popularizing American racial ideologies as they traveled from Britain to its colonies in the Pacific, Asia, and Oceania, finally landing in South...
$33.99
Esteban: The African Slave Who Explored America
When Pueblo Indians say, "The first white man our people saw was a black man," they are referring to Esteban, who came to New Mexico in 1539. After centuries of negative portrayals, this book highlights Esteban's importance in America's early...
$51.99
Essays on Race and Empire
This edition assembles the major essays on race and imperialism written by Nancy Cunard in the 1930s and 1940s. As a British expatriate living in France, and as a politically-engaged poet, editor, publisher, and journalist, Nancy Cunard devoted much of...
$37.49
The End of Apartheid (History Just Before You Were Born)
Few places have felt the weight of colonization and slavery the way South Africa has. The ruling powers of Dutch and British settlers set in place a legal system designed to keep the races separated and unequal. Readers will come...
$16.00
The End of Apartheid (History Just Before You Were Born)
Few places have felt the weight of colonization and slavery the way South Africa has. The ruling powers of Dutch and British settlers set in place a legal system designed to keep the races separated and unequal. Readers will come...
$39.57
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture 3-volume set
The field of African Diaspora studies is rapidly growing. Until now there was no single, authoritative source for information on this broad, complex discipline. Drawing on the work of over 300 scholars, this encyclopedia fills that void. Now the researcher,...
$417.00
Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas: The African-American Heritage of Freedom (Facts on File Library of American History)
When Columbus arrived in 1492, the first free black person--a sailor--set foot in the Americas. Over the next 400 years, as slavery spread and became entrenched in the Western Hemisphere, free blacks built communities throughout North and South America, playing...
$240.50
Encyclopedia of Blacks in European History and Culture: 2 volumes
Blacks have played a significant part in European civilization since ancient times. This encyclopedia illuminates blacks in European history, literature, and popular culture. It emphasizes the considerable scope of black influence in, and contributions to, European culture. The first blacks...
$259.95
Encyclopedia Of African American Culture And History: The Black Experience In The Americas (Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History) (Volumes 1-6)
Users looking for authoritative and comprehensive information about black history, figures and accomplishments now have a defining and current reference to address their needs. The second edition of the Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History is a much-needed expansion of the 1996...
$2,176.99
Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean
In Erotic Islands, Lyndon K. Gill maps a long queer presence at a crossroads of the Caribbean. This transdisciplinary book foregrounds the queer histories of Carnival, calypso, and HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. At its heart is...
$35.00
Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean
In Erotic Islands, Lyndon K. Gill maps a long queer presence at a crossroads of the Caribbean. This transdisciplinary book foregrounds the queer histories of Carnival, calypso, and HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. At its heart is...
$135.00
Enslaving Connections: Changing Cultures of Africa and Brazil During the Era of Slavery
This unique collection of twelve essays by internationally known scholars deals with the important, but underexplored, topic of the transatlantic linkages between western Africa and Brazil during the era of the slave trade (c. 1600-1850). Brazil received more enslaved Africans...
$55.00
Ebony Kinship: Africa, Africans, and the Afro-American
Deals with the physical and spiritual aspects of back-to-Africa movements and their counter movements
$123.50
East African Hip Hop: Youth Culture and Globalization
In this book, Mwenda Ntarangwi analyzes how young hip hop artists in the East African nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania showcase the opportunities and challenges brought by the globalization of music. Combining local popular music traditions with American and...
$28.99
An Earth-colored Sea: 'Race', Culture and the Politics of Identity in the Post-Colonial Portuguese-Speaking World
Although the post-colonial situation has attracted considerable interest over recent years, one important colonial power – Portugal – has not been given any attention. This book is the first to explore notions of ethnicity, "race", culture, and nation in the...
$162.00