A scathing satire on racism introduces white teen Bubbles Brasil and her crazed, drug-affected idea of African-American culture, as she wanders through a grotesque nightmare world meeting such figures as the cosmic Sambo and the Licorice Men. Reprint. K.
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Jarring, outrageous images hurtle from nearly every page of this postmodern vivisection of the contemporary African American condition.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Sex-bomb blonde" Bubbles Brazil thinks, "You can never be too cool! " For Bubbles, being cool in an almost all-black school means tough posturing to conceal her constant fear: negrophobia. In this wild, nonstop phantasmagoria, she meets weird bogeymen like the Flaming Tar Babies, Flapjack Ninja Queens, Uncle H. Rap Remus, the Zombie Master, evil Buppets, Talking Dreads, and Fred Farrakhan MacMurray, the Flubberized Nubian. Negrophobia 's fantastic satire nicely counterpoints the gritty realism of Jess Mowry's Way Past Cool ( LJ 4/1/92), though both books deal with the fear behind racism. In style, theme, and tone, the work of Montreal-based performance artist James is somewhat reminiscent of Ishmael Reed or Amiri Baraka, but his dialog is snappier. The vibrant prose makes for lively reading. Highly recommended.
- Jim Dwyer, California State Univ. at Chico
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Jim Dwyer, California State Univ. at Chico
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the funniest books ever written,
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This review is from: Negrophobia: An Urban Parable (Paperback)
In one passage of Negrophobia, the rotting corpse of Malcolm X (referred to as "the rotting corpse of Malcolm X")does the "Time Warp" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and each occasion of "time warp" is replaced with "swine pork". This book is full of similar hilariously bloodthirsty satires. The humor is very offensive (to most races I can think of) and will have you either gasping in horror or rolling on the floor. The comedy value of this book is extraordinary, but there's much more to it as well: it is genuinely insightful, original and provoking when it comes to the philosophy and history of race relations in America.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Negrophobia,
By N.L. (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Negrophobia: An Urban Parable (Paperback)
I personally think James is a journalistic genius! The book was excellent. Anyone who gave this book a bad rating has his/her own issues about race relations. Darius James found an artistic way to define how we as individuals subconciously think and cope with regard to dealing with people of opposing races. This book is definitely a winner. I recommend this to everyone.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best novel of the last ten years....,
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This review is from: Negrophobia: An Urban Parable (Paperback)
This novel brings every steryotype to life in an energized and hyper-real format that is more along the lines of a Terry Gilliam movie than it is any other 'novel' that I have ever read. First: this may be the funniest book ever written. Although at times it is harsh and scatological, it is just.... funny..... In the way that the author switches from style to style (a la Joyce at his finest... or Ballard at his....) you have avant-guarde literature at its best. Adding to this, it has the kind of humor and brilliance that would be brought by an author whose other major work was on..... Blacksploitation....I never put this book down once I picked it up... till I had it read.... twice.... Someone who really liked this book might also like the music of Keith Thorton (a.k.a. Kool Keith, Dr. Dooom, Dr. Octagon). The two men are cut from the same mold.... though James might be at least (partially) sane....
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