Once You Go Black : Choice, Desire and the Black America Intellectual

Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Existential Negro 1(36) Going Black The Funny Father's Luck 37(31) Ralph Ellison's Blues 68(28) Alas Poor Jimmy 96(25) Coming Back? Saint Huey 121(25) Queer Sweetback 146(23) Conclusion: Deviant Desiring 169(6) Notes 175(6) Index 181(3) About the Author 184