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    191. Review of On beauty by Zadie Smith (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Warikoo,Natasha Kumar (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2009
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Sociological Forum
    Journal Title Details:
    24(2) : 468-471
    Notes:
    Reviews a novel about the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States. In its depiction of African Americans, White Americans, Britons, and Caribbean immigrants, the book demonstrates Americans' obsession with race. In addition to the contrast between desires for racial authenticity and class mobility, Smith’s novel exposes the variability of Black America, and especially the intersection between class and race.

    192. Review of Race, gender and educational desire: Why Black women succeed and fail (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Dimitriadis,Greg (Author), Fine,Michelle (Author), and Lavia,Jennifer (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Published:
    United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    British Journal of Sociology of Education
    Journal Title Details:
    31(1) : 99-110
    Notes:
    Reviews the book, Race, gender and educational desire: Why black women succeed and fail by Heidi Safia Mirza (2009). The author looks to understand and unpack the complex intersectionalities that mark contemporary black British feminism, teasing out their particular implications for education and educational debates today.

    193. Review: Libres, Marrons et Créoles, ou les Amériques noires revisitées (Free, Maroon, Creole: Revisiting the Black Americas) (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Jolivet,Marie-Jose (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1997
    Published:
    Paris: Mouton
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Cahiers d'etudes Africaines
    Journal Title Details:
    148 : 993-1003
    Notes:
    "On the basis of Bastide's Les Amériques noires, this book review dwells on the memory of slavery and of African origins among black people in the New World. It focuses on the everyday as well as literary identity constructs presented in two recent books about Afro-Colombians and Creoles in Martinique." (author)

    194. Review: [untitled]

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hathaway,Heather (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Winter, 1995
    Published:
    Terre Haute, IN: Dept. of English, Indiana State University
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    African American Review
    Journal Title Details:
    29(4) : 695-698
    Notes:
    Review of Kevin Christopher James. Jumping Ship and Other Stories. New York: Ballantine, 1994. 240 pp.