Pop Culture Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race Selected Critical Essays (1979-2001)

A collection of original music and arts criticism that intends to serve the general pop culture fan and the American Studies student alike by providing a precise cultural snapshot of the last twenty years of the twentieth century. Contains more than one hundred witty, informative essays originally published in various mainstream publications from Essence to The New York Times. And unlike many similar compilations, this book includes Asian, Latino, and Pan-African films, books, music, and media trends in its critical overview.