Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Graywolf Press (2012), Edition: Original, 476 pages
Description
"Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mashup of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical choruses to illustrate the African American tradition of lying-telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality of art-and artfulness-to our daily lives. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young shifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix-all the grey areas of our history, literature, and music."--Cover p. [4].
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist — 2012)
PEN/Open Book (Winner — 2013)
The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Nonfiction — 2012)
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Nonfiction — 2012)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2012
Physical description
8.95 inches
ISBN
1555976077 / 9781555976071