What's My Name: Black Vernacular Intellectuals

by Grant Farred

Book Overview

Whom does society consider an intellectual and on what grounds? Antonio Gramsci's democratic vision of intelligence famously suggested that "all men are intellectuals," yet within academic circles and among the general public, intellectuals continue to be defined by narrow, elite criteria. In this study of four celebrated citizens of the African diaspora--American boxer Muhammad Ali, West Indian Marxist critic C. L. R. James, British cultural theorist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816633177
• ISBN13: 9780816633173
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"