Title: The invention of race
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Race relations, Race identity, Intellectual life, African Americans in popular culture, Racism in popular culture, Racism, United States, African American arts, African Americans, African americans, race identity, African americans, intellectual life, United states, race relations, African americans, politics and government
Places: United States
LC classification: E185.615 .L67 1999