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Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2004

Richard Iton
Richard Iton
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Northwestern University
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Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought. By Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. 336p. $35.00.

The central claims of this book are that the conversations ordinary black folk have with each other matter politically, and that there is a diverse range of ideological perspectives endorsed by African Americans. The author, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, supports these contentions by means of survey research, experimental studies, and ethnographic research. This comprehensive approach represents a significant accomplishment and, in combination with the theoretical contributions of the text, makes the book an invaluable addition to the African American politics canon.

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BOOK REVIEWS: AMERICAN POLITICS
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 2004 , pp. 843 - 844
Copyright
© 2004 American Political Science Association

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