This ain't Chicago : race, class, and regional identity in the post-soul South /

When Zandria Robinson returned home to interview African Americans in Memphis, she was often greeted with some version of the caution "I hope you know this ain't Chicago." In this important new work, Robinson critiques ideas of black identity constructed through a northern lens and si...

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Main Author: Robinson, Zandria F. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Series:New directions in southern studies.
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