Embodying Black Experience is an interdisciplinary work of cultural history and theory that looks at present-day effects of past experiences of the black body t

"Young's linkage between critical race theory, historical inquiry, and performance studies is a necessary intersection. Innovative, creative, and provocative."

This dissertation explores the experiences of the body of several black individuals, who lived in the late 19th century and 20th century, in order to assert tha

History taught at the elementary, middle, high school and even college levels often excludes significant events from African American history, such as the murde

An exploration of the experience of race and class in middle-class America, featuring ethnographic details and empirical data. The book should be of interest to