From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances

by Vershawn Ashanti Young and Bridget Harris Tsemo

In From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances, editor Vershawn Ashanti Young and assistant editor Bridget Harris Tsemo collect a diverse assortment of pieces that examine the generational shift in the perception of the black middle class, from the serious moniker of "bourgeois" to the more playful, sardonic "boojie." Including such senior cultural workers as Amiri Baraka and Houston Baker, as well as younger scholars like Damion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814334687
• ISBN13: 9780814334683
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"