Title Harlem world : doing race and class in contemporary Black America / John L. Jackson, Jr

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages) : illustrations Contents CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction: Doing Harlem, Touring Harlemworld; 1. Making Harlem Black: Race, Place, and History in "African Americans' Africa"; 2. Class Histories and Class Theories in a Raceful Social World; 3. Birthdays, Basketball, and Breaking Bread: Negotiating with Class in Contemporary Black America; 4. Class(ed) Acts, or Class Is as Class Does; 5. White Harlem: Toward the Performative Limits of Blackness; 6. Cinematicus Ethnographicus: Race and Class in an Ethnographic Land of Make-Believe; Conclusion: Undoing Harlemworld; Notes; Index Summary Harlem is one of the most famous neighbourhoods in the world - a historic symbol of both black cultural achievement and of the rigid boundaries separating the rich from the poor. But as this book shows us, Harlem is far more culturally and economically diverse than its caricature suggests: through extensive fieldwork and interviews, John L. Jackson reveals a variety of social networks and class stratifications, and explores how African Americans interpret and perform different class identities in their everyday behaviour Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-272) and index Notes Print version record Subject African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs African Americans -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions Social classes -- New York (State) -- New York HISTORY -- State & Local. HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. African Americans -- Race identity African Americans -- Social conditions African Americans -- Social life and customs Manners and customs Social classes Social conditions Soziale Situation SUBJECT Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091434 New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem New York- Harlem Schwärze Form Electronic book LC no. 2001027871 ISBN 9780226390000 0226390004 0226389987 9780226389981

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