Represent : art and identity among the black upper-middle class

Represent : art and identity among the black upper-middle class / Patricia A. Banks.

Examines how upper-middle class blacks forge black identities for themselves and their children through the consumption of black visual art. This book documents how the salience of race extends into the cultural life of even the most socioeconomically successful blacks.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banks, Patricia Ann
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Routledge research in race and ethnicity ; 3.
Subjects:
African Americans > Race identity > United States.
African American art > Social aspects.
Art and race.
Art and the middle class.
Ethnicity in art.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Race identity
Art and race
Art and the middle class
Ethnicity in art
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Constructing black identities
  • Seeing ourselves: a portrait of cultural participation and appearance
  • Narratives of the past: a portrait of cultural participation and history
  • Measures of worth: a portrait of cultural participation and dignity
  • Advancing the race: a portrait of cultural participation and community
  • New perspectives on race, cultural participation, and the black middle-class.

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