TY - BOOK AU - Ellis,Aimé J. AU - Ellis,Aim J. TI - If We Must Die: From Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls T2 - African American Life Series SN - 9780814336656 AV - E185.86 -- .E436 2011eb U1 - 305.38/896073 PY - 2011/// CY - Detroit PB - Wayne State University Press KW - African American men -- Social conditions KW - African American men -- Psychology KW - Masculinity -- Social aspects -- United States KW - Death -- Social aspects -- United States KW - Masculinity -- United States -- Psychological aspects KW - Death -- United States -- Psychological aspects KW - Racism -- United States -- History KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "Boys in the Hood": Black Male Community in Richard Wright's Native Son -- 2 "It's a Man's World": Rethinking Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice in the Twenty-first Century -- 3 "Am I Black Enough for You?": Black Male Authenticity in Nathan McCall's Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America -- 4 Death Bound: The Thug Life -- 5 "How Does It Feel?": A Question of Life and Death in D'Angelo's "Untitled" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3416418 ER -