Global Black Studies at Duke Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani PerryGlobal Black Studies at Duke"Adolph L. Reed Jr.’s The South and Imani Perry’s South to America are both outstanding contributions to an ongoing debate about how to evaluate Southern culture, identity, and politics." -- Jared Anthony Loggins https://t.co/etFoYbUEHv
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Palmares
Gayl JonesGlobal Black Studies at Duke'Gayl Jones’s novel Palmares sees the legendary Brazilian slave haven as a story to which all descendants of Africans brought forcibly to the Americas can lay claim.' https://t.co/tqf5sODnJL
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago
Ayana ContrerasGlobal Black Studies at DukeOn the latest episode of @LeftOfBlack, @ReclaimedSoul discusses her book 'Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago' (@IllinoisPress) https://t.co/RtQrAizlzp https://t.co/kEUdN6gI1Q
Hardcover, 2021
$110.00$85.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Glory
Noviolet BulawayoGlobal Black Studies at Duke'NoViolet Bulawayo’s novel 'Glory' forcefully evokes the Zimbabwean political landscape but struggles to stretch itself beyond the documentarian, vacillating between the journalistic and fictive.' https://t.co/7BI73sLt7H
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Francisco
Alison Mills NewmanGlobal Black Studies at Duke'Alison Mills Newman’s “Francisco,” long out of print, is an experiment in liberation through sex and self-immolation.' -- Saidiya Hartman https://t.co/TItWNsFubh
Paperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik
Winston JamesGlobal Black Studies at Duke.@NewBooksAfroAm: Winston James – ‘Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik' https://t.co/MnDqXyJ5XT
Paperback, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses
James JoyceGlobal Black Studies at Duke'It’s a daring move, paraphrasing a masterpiece like Joyce’s Ulysses, but in his new novel, Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta, James Hannaham shows us why a writer might do it.' https://t.co/3AT2F5nOnk
Paperback, 1990
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Theology: A Documentary History: 1966-1979
James H. ConeGlobal Black Studies at Duke"1969 saw the birth of two of the most important texts of Africana religious thought: John Mbiti’s African Religions and Philosophy and James Cone’s Black Theology and Black Power." https://t.co/h4MsOIQW2R via @BostonReview
Paperback, 1993
$44.00$22.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Man Among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism
Jordanna C. MatlonGlobal Black Studies at DukeIn 'A Man among Other Men', Prof. Jordanna Matlon shows how French colonial legacies and media tropes of Blackness act as powerful axes, rooting masculine identity and value within labor, consumerism, and commodification. Prof. Matlon joins @LeftOfBlack https://t.co/A8DBEERtK4
Hardcover, 2022
$130.00$105.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Black Gathering: Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life
Sarah Jane CervenakGlobal Black Studies at Duke"We have four new books in the Black Outdoors series as well. Black Gathering by Sarah Jane Cervenak engages with Black artists and writers who create alternative spaces for Black people to gather free from interruption or regulation." -- @DukePress https://dukeupress.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/introducing-our-fall-2021-catalog/
Paperback, 2021
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book