Black-Native Autobiographical Acts: Navigating the Minefields of Authenticity

By Sarita Cannon

Book Overview

By analyzing the scrapbooks of Sylvester Long Lance, oral histories from Black Americans enslaved by American Indians, music of Jimi Hendrix, photos of contemporary Black Indians, and performances of former Miss Navajo Radmilla Cody, Cannon shows how Afro-Native people unsettle biological, political, and cultural metrics of racial authenticity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793630593
• ISBN13: 9781793630599
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"