Keepin It Real Post-MTV Reflections on Race, Sex and Politics |
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| Author:
| Powell, Kevin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-345-42478-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1998 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | One World/Ballantine |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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Here, writer, poet and cultural critic Kevin,Powell puts both himself and society under a,microscope and creates a searingly honest,collection that is at once powerful and,disturbing. Confronting such issues as race, black,self-hatred, gender violence alongside his own,anguished revelations about sex, misogyny and love,he also explores the meanings of the Million Man,March and the influential and threatening presence,of rap music.
Here, writer, poet and cultural critic Kevin,Powell puts both himself and society under a,microscope and creates a searingly honest,collection that is at once powerful and,disturbing. Confronting such issues as race, black,self-hatred, gender violence alongside his own,anguished revelations about sex, misogyny and love,he also explores the meanings of the Million Man,March and the influential and threatening presence,of rap music.