African American Culture and Society After Rodney King

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`There are countless ways of explaining the two decades between the Los Angeles riots of 1992 and the re-election of America's first black president in 2012. This eclectic collection of essays bravely attempts to make sense of this tumultuous and dynamic period for African American culture. Charting the re-composition of the cultural industries, the ascendant place of broadcast media, and underlying shifts in political economy, these engaging, and often thoughtful, essays bring into focus some of the major trends in African American life at the turn of the twenty-first century.'
Andrew Fearnley, University of Manchester, UK

`This excellent, comprehensive ... collection of multidisciplinary essays on contemporary African American culture is diverse and topical. At the cutting-edge of cultural criticism these critics from both sides of the Atlantic bring a vibrancy to debates about race in America that challenge the complacent and limiting transnational neo-liberal consensus.'
Alan Rice, University of Central Lancashire, UK

`Metcalf and Spaulding have pulled together an eclectic, lively, sometimes provocative, but always rewarding collection of essays on the African American experience since 1992. With contributions that take us from the politics of African American music and dance to (mis-)characterizations of black criminality, from Obama's presidency to Beyonce's hair, and from Tyler Perry's gender-bending performances - and entrepreneurial success - to the latest articulations of "blackness" in film, television, literature, and the visual arts, the book reminds us of the multiple meanings, the uses and abuses, of race as a category of identity and analysis in modern America. It is a timely and important contribution to contemporary debates about race, rights, and the politics of representation.'
Brian Ward, Northumbria University, UK

`Bringing together work on print and electronic media representation, literature, film, music, dance and television, this collection is an important read for anyone interested in cultural power and the politics of race and intersectionality in the contemporary US. The focus on African American "containment and resistance" in the last 22 years opens up thought-provoking questions about periodisation: post-Civil Rights, post-hip hop, neo-liberal, post-Katrina, post-Obama, and post-Ferguson.'
Jennifer Terry, Durham University, UK