Boondock Kollage: Stories from the Hip Hop South is a collection of twelve short stories addressing issues of race, place, and identity in the South.

Boondock Kollage: Stories from the Hip Hop South is a collection of twelve short stories that addresses issues of race, place, and identity in the postCivil Rights American South. Using historical, spectral, and hip hop infused fiction, Boondock Kollage critically engages readers to question the intersections of regionalism and black culture in current American society.

Autorentext

Regina N. Bradley is Assistant Professor of African American Literature at Armstrong State University and an alumna Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow at Harvard University. She can be reached at www.redclayscholar.com.

Klappentext

Boondock Kollage: Stories from the Hip Hop South is a collection of twelve short stories that addresses issues of race, place, and identity in the post Civil Rights American South. Using historical, spectral, and hip hop infused fiction, Boondock Kollage critically engages readers to question the intersections of regionalism and black culture in current American society.

Inhalt

Kiese Laymon: Foreword - Prologue: Reckoning - Acknowledgments - Part One: Reaching Back Around - A Visitation from Grace - Intentions - Between the Hedges - Good Bleach - Part Two: Long Division - Beautiful Ones - Happy Feelins - Splish-Splash - Skin Carnival - As Above So Below - Part Three: Stitches in Time - The Apothecary - Moving Furniture - Some Kind of Wonderful (Illustrated by John Jennings and Stacey Robinson) - Discussion Question Bank.