The invention of race
Subtitle: Black culture and the politics of representation
By: Tommy L. Lott.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: African Americans -- Intellectual life; African American arts; African Americans in popular culture; African Americans -- Race identity; Racism -- United States; Racism in popular culture -- United States; United States -- Race relations
Description: The philosopher Tommy Lott here provides a critique of the issues that shape our understanding of the role of black culture in the political struggles and self-affirmation of black people.

Lott argues that many forms of African-American cultural expression display resistance through appropriation, and reconstitution, of denigrating representations fostered by the dominant racist culture. Beginning with a tour de force entitled "Racist Discourse and the Negro-ape Metaphor," he goes on in subsequent chapters to discuss slavery, cultural identity, art, music, film, and television, engaging in a wide variety of issues pertaining to the politics of representation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-221) and index.