{"product_id":"new-black-godz-monica-r-miller-9781350005273","title":"New Black Godz: Towards a Theory of Black Religion as Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eRefiguring black culture and religion beyond conventional accounts, \u003ci\u003eNew Black Godz\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates and rethinks problems and tropes within the fields of religious and Africana studies. Using the expressive culture of hip hop and critical theory to provide analytical and conceptual frameworks, Monica Miller redefines the very notion of black religion, which is recast as identity formation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Black Godz\u003c\/i\u003e considers the god-like status of iconic cultural figures such as Beyonce Knowles, Oprah Winfrey and Kanye West, who \"know where to go\" to escape the United States and its racism. In contrast, Monica Miller argues that those with \"nowhere to go\", become a different sort of \"god\" through identity-based sacrifice: Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner and countless others, from those well-known to the not-yet known, remain the permanent black and brown underclass in America and around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing textual and ethnographic studies in New York, Philadelphia, London, Paris, Germany and Switzerland, \u003ci\u003eNew Black Godz\u003c\/i\u003e is a definitive contribution to ongoing debates about the complex and varied contours of African-American religious and political life in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monica R. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350005274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350005273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Monica R. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800153043199,"sku":"9781350005273","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-black-godz-monica-r-miller-9781350005273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}