African Americans and Popular Culture (3 Vol Set) (2008).pdf

AFRICAN

AMERICANS

AND POPULAR

CULTURE

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AFRICAN

AMERICANS

AND POPULAR

CULTURE

VOLUME I

THEATER, FILM, AND TELEVISION

Edited by Todd Boyd

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

African Americans and popular culture / edited by Todd Boyd.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-275-98922-4 (set : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-98923-1 (v. 1 : alk. paper) —

ISBN 978-0-275-98924-8 (v. 2 : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-98925-5 (v. 3 : alk. paper)

1. African Americans in popular culture—History. 2. Popular culture—United States—

History. 3. United States—Civilization—African American influences. 4. African

Americans—Intellectual life. I. Boyd, Todd.

E185.625A384 2008

973’.0496073—dc22 2008024474

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

reproduced, by any process or technique, without the

express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2008024474

ISBN: 978-0-275-98922-4 (set)

978-0-275-98923-1 (vol. 1)

978-0-275-98924-8 (vol. 2)

978-0-275-98925-5 (vol. 3)

First published in 2008

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

www.praeger.com

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the

Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National

Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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