Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

books-pileThe Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE. Here are the latest selections.

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Afro-Paradise:
Blackness, Violence, and Performance in Brazil

by Christen A. Smith
(University of Illinois Press)

Black Women’s Portrayals on Reality Television:
The New Sapphire

edited by Donnetrice C. Allison
(Lexington Books)

Drug Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth
edited by Yonette F. Thomas and LeShawndra N. Price
(Springer)

SoulStirrers:
Black Art and the Neo-Ancestral Impulse

by H. Ike Okafor-Newsum
(University Press of Mississippi)

Soul Mates:
Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage Among African Americans and Latinos

by Bradford Wilcox and Nicholas H. Wolfing
(Oxford University Press)

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