{"product_id":"mumbo-jumbo-paperback","title":"Mumbo Jumbo - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIshmael Reed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe classic freewheeling look at race relations through the ages.Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our preeminent African American authors, mixes portraits of historical figures and fictional characters with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Cited by literary critic Harold Bloom as one of the five hundred most significant books in the Western canon, Mumbo Jumbo is a trenchant and often biting look at black-white relations throughout history, from a keen observer of our culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIshmael Reed is the author of over twenty-five books and plays, including \u003ci\u003eMumbo Jumbo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlight to Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjugating Hindi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy No Confederate Statues in Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy the Black Hole Sings the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Audible originals \u003ci\u003eMalcolm and Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fool Who Thought Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a publisher, television producer, songwriter, radio and television commentator, lecturer, and has long been devoted to exploring an alternative black aesthetic: the trickster tradition, or Neo-Hoodooism. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eCounterPunch\u003c\/i\u003e and founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, Reed taught at the University of California, Berkeley, for over thirty years. He has received the MacArthur Fellowship, the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award. Reed has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and is the only person to be nominated for the National Book Award in two categories in the same year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.26 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761557438752,"sku":"9780684824772","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f0153e2c5f7044809e6215c75e61cf47.webp?v=1780210418","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mumbo-jumbo-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}