Black Renegades, James-Howard Readus Blaxploitation Pulp Novel 1976

Black Renegades. James-Howard Readus. First edition. Holloway House: Los Angeles, 1976. Measures 4.25 x 7 inches. 221 pages. Cover photo shows 4 figures interposed on one another, two of them holding guns, another in recognizable pimp's hat. The story follows brothers known as the black renegades as they build their dope empire. Holloway House was a publishing imprint of Kensington in operation from the 1960s until 2008 and best known for its proliferation of novels like this one that fall into the pop cultural subgenre of blaxploitation. The term describes work that relies on racial stereotypes for its plot points, although it is often embraced by African (truncated) American pop culture. Holloway House was beloved by artists like Dave Chapelle and Ice T for being a "culturally authentic" part of the "black literary underground" (Black Perspectives). Light Shelfwear. Textblock tight and clean. In good condition. (Inventory #: 18242)