false 265703 0 0 908325 0385510020 9780385510028 8 <![CDATA[Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179359093m/908325.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179359093s/908325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/908325.Hung_A_Meditation_on_the_Measure_of_Black_Men_in_America 3.43 46 Nigger and J. L. King’s On the Down Low, Hung brings a topic previously discussed only in intimate settings out into the open. In a brilliant, multilayered look at the pervasive belief that African American men are prodigiously endowed, Scott Poulson-Bryant interweaves his own experiences as a black man in America with witty analyses of how black male sexuality is expressed in books, film, television, sports, and pornography.

“Hung” is a double entendre, referring not only to penis size but to the fact that black men were once literally hung from trees, often for their perceived sexual prowess and the supposed risk it posed to white women. As a poignant reminder, he begins his book with a letter to Emmett Till, the teenager who was lynched in Mississippi in the mid-1950s for whistling at a white woman.

For Poulson-Bryant and other men of his generation, society’s deep-seated obsession with the sexual powers of black men has had an enormous, if often deceptive, influence on how they perceive themselves and on the assumptions made by others. His tales of his sexual encounters with both sexes, along with anecdotes about the lives of various friends and colleagues, are wryly and at times shockingly revealing. Enduring racial perceptions have shaped popular culture as well, and Poulson-Bryant offers a thorough, thought-provoking look at media-created images of the “Well-Hung Black Male.” He deftly deconstructs movies like Mandingo and Shaft, articles in the popular press, and edgy works like Robert Mapplethorpe’s Black Book, while also providing distinctive profiles of icons like porn star Lexington Steele and rapper L.L. Cool J.

A scintillating mixture of memoir and cultural commentary, Hung is the first and only book to take on phallic fixation and uncover what lies below. Readers may be scandalized, but they’ll also have plenty to ponder about America’s views on how black men measure up.]]> 265703 3.51 55 9 2005 974058 074322955X 9780743229555 0 <![CDATA[What's Your Hi-Fi Q?: From Prince to Puff Daddy, 30 Years of Black Music Trivia]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179929289m/974058.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179929289s/974058.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/974058.What_s_Your_Hi_Fi_Q_From_Prince_to_Puff_Daddy_30_Years_of_Black_Music_Trivia 5.00 1 Do you know your HI-FI Q?


Which TV star wrote the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye"?

Which funk icon produced Eddie Murphy's first hit single?

Can you name the first song that Puff Daddy used as a sample?

Which rapper's real name is Reggie Noble?


You don't know? Then this book is for you.


What's Your HI-FI Q? is the ultimate quiz book of black music history. Crammed full of questions, lyrics, and lists detailing every black music genre from the funk and soul of the seventies to the rap and R&B of today, What's Your HI-FI Q? is guaranteed fun for both the casual listener and the connoisseur. It's a funk-filled voyage down the Soul Train line that will school you, stump you, and send you to your stereo.


Take the quiz and get your score. Know your HI-FI Q.

ALL INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERNIE PANICCIOLI, THE DEAN OF HIP-HOP PHOTOGRAPHERS

]]> 265703 3.51 55 9 2002 6294485 0739469452 9780739469453 0 <![CDATA[Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294485.Hung_A_Meditation_on_the_Measure_of_Black_Men_in_America 0.0 0 265703 3.51 55 9 2005 6168231 0767929748 9780767929745 0 <![CDATA[The V.I.P.s]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6168231.The_V_I_P_s 0.0 0 Shirley Conran’s classic mega-bestseller Lace is given a hip hop makeover in this steamy, sultry debut novel.

On a hot June day, superstar rapper T.N.T. gathers a group of successful men together. Childhood friends who grew up calling themselves “the V.I.P.s”, these are four very different men—a gay publishing magnate, a playboy attorney, a successful fashion designer, and a recently retired football star—who haven’t seen or spoken to each other in years. At this point in their lives, they have nothing in common. Until T.N.T. greets them with a single, stunning question: “Which one of you bastards is my father?” From this moment, the men’s lives are changed forever, as the intricate, tangled webs of deceit and intrigue that have grown between them are revealed—piece by piece—and the ultimate truth about each of them is exposed in a conclusion that will shock them all.

Based on Lace, the wildly successful novel that invented a genre, The V.I.P.s is a sweeping novel of power and greed, illicit sex and high stakes betrayal, that will hook readers from the first page and leave them wanting more.

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