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Armond White

The Resistance: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook the World Hardcover – May 1, 1995

by Armand White (Author)

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Dust jacket notes: "This provocative first collection of essays by Armond White, America's only nationally recognized Black film critic, tracks a recent phenomenon in pop music, videos, and film he calls 'the resistance' - a politically motivated body of work reflecting a new consciousness about race, history, and sexuality. From the rise of Black independent filmmakers to the appropriation by the mainstream of hip-hop culture, White's essays chronicle the complex changes in popular expression over the past decade, blurring the boundaries between high and low culture in a stimulating new way. Whether writing about Madonna singing with Black gospel choirs, racism in Hollywood movies, the justified arrogance of Spike Lee or the calculated rage of Ice-T, Armond White is never afraid to go against the grain. With sting and style to rival Camille Paglia, Armond White applies 'the resistance' to his writing in order to counter the existing system of privilege and oppression that controls most journalism. He reports from the vanguard of popular culture, and the result is the documentary of a movement, a vital body of essays that records a new wave of change as it happens."

Print length

480 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Overlook Books
Publication date

May 1, 1995
Dimensions

6.75 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
ISBN-10

0879515864
ISBN-13

978-0879515867
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Editorial Reviews

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Most collections of pop culture reviews are too ephemeral to have much value in libraries, but White's agenda gives this one uncommon substance. For 10 years, White has voiced his political and social convictions as arts editor of Brooklyn's black weekly, the City Sun. His stated intention is to "defend and agitate." Here, he surveys a decade's worth of mostly films, but also hip-hop records and plays, from Purple Rain through Forrest Gump. His is a highly radicalized perspective in which the black and white keys in The Piano (the movie) have an "unexplored racial subtext." If a focus that educes such observations is White's limitation, it is also what sets him apart. He raises issues and ideas others are unlikely to have considered. While railing against U.S. culture's indifference to the work of African American artists, he expresses a passion that is too scarce in the rarefied realm of arts criticism. Consider this provocative volume as an alternative to other pop culture titles, especially in libraries with strong black culture collections. Gordon Flagg

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Overlook Books; 1st edition (May 1, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0879515864
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0879515867
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,273 in Pop Culture Art
- #6,403 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences
- #19,772 in Movies (Books)

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Robert Clark

Useless

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2019

The Resistance...the Beastie Boys a white group mocking black culture is the "Resistance" but he mocks Living Colour (out of jealousy of Vernon Reid)..typical self hating loser

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Christopher A. McCastle

Waste of Time AND Money!

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014

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As a Cinema and Photography Graduate and film enthusiast,
I find this book to be nothing more than SENSATIONALISM.
Armond White can't see past his own nose when it comes to criticizing films.

White, lacks the ability to focus on anything positive.
He spends too much time and energy on his own personal issues
and not enough on how the films exist in society.

EXAMPLE:
Eddie Murphy in "Coming To America"
White absolutely hates this movie and how it depicts African Americans AND Africans.
It's almost as if White is incapable of seeing the humor in stereotypes.
This view point becomes very exhausting after reading about only a few movies.

His theories and insights are skewed, to say the very least.

I'm sorry I spent my time and money on this book.

In fact, I turned around and sold it on here, paying someone to take it out of my house.

I would have thrown it away, but I just can't pull myself to waste paper like that.

This book would make a great Yule Log.

But it is well constructed, a very sturdy book. Could use it to prop up your furniture.
Why didn't I think of that earlier?!

9 people found this helpful

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Robert Naugle

Opinions so bad you'll swear it's parody.

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017

This guy proclaims "Norbit" is superior to "Get Out."

If that's your (misguided, purposely obtuse) jam, read on.
I hope the National Review is paying him well to be this disingenuous.

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Amazon Customer

One Star

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2017

Would not recommend. Just an ax-grinder trying to capitalize on people's yearning to hate.

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Andrew

bad

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2010

I just felt as if the writing was subpar and even though it is a collection of articles, I got sick of reading his writing style of a 6th grader and returned it to borders. I just felt attacked as a young white male reading this collection written by a token angry black man.
Don't bother buying it, you will have to return it.

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talentless hack writes "book"

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2009

Armand White is a talentless nobody from a nothing publication writing the most inane reviews of movies in history. Now, in addition to polluting Rotten Tomatoes with his stupidity, he's published a book that will undoubtedly be a hit in mental wards and crack dens the world over. I know, I know, this review doesn't sound too informative, so here's the "helpful" part- do you have an IQ above 60? If not, this book is perfect for you. Enjoy!

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