From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances

by Vershawn Ashanti Young and Bridget Harris Tsemo

Examines how generations of African Americans perceive, proclaim, and name the combined performance of race and class across genres.

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"...

• 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"