Black Cultural Traffic traces how blackness travels globally in performance, engaging the work of an international
and interdisciplinary mix of scholars, critics, and practicing artists. The book's essays provide nuanced and complex
perspectives on black culture--not as a static set of shared beliefs and customs but as something that is contingent
and dynamic. The essays engage with critical issues such as circulation, cultural appropriation, commodification,
commercialization, and hybridity as they take up subjects that include television, hip-hop, R&B, gospel, film,
theater, fashion, and pop music celebrities in Africa, Europe, and the United States. The book's engaging combination
of scholarship with artists' statements will appeal to anyone interested in understanding the circulation and multidirectional
movements of black culture.