The Cambridge Companion to Malcolm X

This Companion presents new perspectives on Malcolm X's life and legacy for students of American history.

New perspectives on his life and legacy, aimed at undergraduates and graduates.

Chronology; Introduction Robert E. Terrill; 1. Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad Claude Clegg; 2. Autobiography and identity: Malcolm X as author and hero Alex Gillespie; 3. Bringing Malcolm X to Hollywood Brian Norman; 4. Malcolm X and black masculinity in process Jeffrey B. Leak; 5. Womanizing Malcolm X Sheila Radford-Hill; 6. Malcolm X and the black arts movement James Smethurst; 7. Malcolm X and African American conservatism Angela D. Dillard; 8. Malcolm X and youth culture Richard Brent Turner; 9. Homo Rhetoricus AfroAmericanus: Malcolm X and the rhetorical ideal of life Mark Lawrence McPhail; 10. Judgment and critique in the rhetoric of Malcolm X Robert E. Terrill; 11. Nightmarish landscapes: geography and the dystopian writings of Malcolm X James Tyner; 12. Afrocentricity and Malcolm X Molefi Kete Asante; 13. Malcolm X in global perspective Kevin Gaines; 14. The legacy of Malcolm X William W. Sales, Jr; Guide to further reading; Index.