Shades of Black Diversity in African American Identity

Name: Shades of Black Diversity in African American Identity
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ISBN: 9780877229490

ISBN-10: 087722949X

ISBN-13: 9780877229490

Edition: 1991

Authors: William Cross

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In this controversial and path-breaking book, William E. Cross, Jr., presents the diversity and texture that have always been the hallmark of Black psychology. Shades of Black explodes the myth that self-hatred is the dominant theme in Black identity. With a thorough review of social scientific literature on Negro identity conducted between 1936 and 1967, Cross demonstrates that important themes of mental health and adaptive strength have been frequently overlooked by scholars, both Black and White, obsessed with proving Black pathology. He examines the Black Power Movement and critics who credit this era with a comprehensive change in Black self-esteem. Allowing for a considerable gain in…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 12/18/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

William Cross is the Hon. Dick and Ruth Bell Chair for the Study of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy at Carleton University in Ottawa. Contributors:ï¿½Darin Barney, Andrï¿½ Blais, R. Kenneth Carty,ï¿½ John Courtney , William Cross, David Docherty, Joanna Everitt,ï¿½ Elisabeth Gidengil, Richard Nadeau, Neil Nevitt,ï¿½ Jennifer Smith, Graham White, and Lisa Young.