Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X

by Michael Eric Dyson

Book Overview

Malcolm X's cultural rebirth--his improbable second coming--brims with irony. The nineties are marked by intense and often angry debates about racial authenticity and "selling out," and the participants in these debates--from politicians to filmmakers to rap artists--often draw on Malcolm's scorching rebukes to such moves. Meanwhile, Malcolm's "X" is marketed in countless business endeavors and is stylishly branded on baseball hats and T-shirts sported...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019509235X
• ISBN13: 9780195092356
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

A Must! read/have....

What!....I cannot! believe! that I'm the first to write a review..... Brotha Dyson....Brings it allll home! is all I can say....If you loved Brotha Malcom....even if you didn't...this! brotha's insights! on Malcom X! and all concerning him..is Pricless!!!....This book is a Must! have!...period.