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The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why
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The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why / Jabari Asim.
ISBN
0618197176
9780618197170
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Physical Description
x, 278 p. ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 17, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-262) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Birth of a notion : 1619-1799
Founding fictions
Niggerology, part 1
The progress of prejudice : 1800-1857
No place to be somebody
Niggerology, part 2
Life among the lowly
Jim Crow and company
Dreams deferred : 1858-1896
The world the war made
Nigger happy
Separate and unequal : 1897-1954
Different times
From house niggers to niggerati
Bad niggers
Progress and paradox : 1955-present
Violence and vehemence
To slur with love
What's in a name?
Nigger vs. nigga
Epilogue.
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