E. Franklin Frazier and Black bourgeoisie / edited with an introduction by James E. Teele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Teele, James E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.

African Americans.

Middle class--United States.

Middle class.

African American intellectuals--Biography.

African American intellectuals.

African American sociologists--Biography.

African American sociologists.

United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.

United States.

United States--Race relations.

Frazier, Edward Franklin, 1894-1962. Bourgeoisie noire.

Frazier, Edward Franklin.

Frazier, E. Franklin, 1894-1962.

Frazier, E. Franklin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"When E. Franklin Frazier was elected the first black president of the American Sociological Association in 1948, he was established as the leading American scholar on the black family and was also recognized as a leading theorist on the dynamics of social change and race relations. By 1948 his lengthy list of publications included over fifty articles and four major books, including the acclaimed Negro Family in the United States. Frazier was known for his thorough scholarship and his mastery of skills in both history and sociology. With the publication of Bourgeoisie Noire in 1955 (translated in 1957 as Black Bourgeoisie), Frazier apparently set out on a different track, one in which he employed his skills in a critical analysis of the black middle class. The book met with mixed reviews and harsh criticism from the black middle and professional class. Yet Frazier stood solidly by his argument that the black middle class was marked by conspicuous consumption, wish fulfillment, and a world of make-believe. While Frazier published four additional books after 1948, Black Bourgeoisie remained by far his most controversial. Given his status in American sociology, there has been surprisingly little study of Frazier's work. In E. Franklin Frazier and Black Bourgeoisie, a group of distinguished scholars remedies that lack, focusing on his often-scorned Black Bourgeoisie. This in-depth look at Frazier's controversial publication is relevant to the growing concerns about racism, problems in our cities, the limitations of affirmative action, and the promise of self-help."-from Ebsco

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Recollections

E. Franklin Frazier: A Memoir

A Focused Memoir: Howard University and Frazier, 1933–1941

Frazier’s Background and an Overview

Part II. Graduate Study

E. Franklin Frazier and the Chicago School of Sociology: A Study in the Sociology of Knowledge

Part III. Reflections on the Black Middle Class and the Black Community

Between Scorn and Longing: Frazier’s Black Bourgeoisie

Frazier’s Black Bourgeoisie Talented Tenth or a Parasitic Class?

The Middle-Class Black Male: A Barometer of the Well-Being of African American Communities

E. Franklin Frazier’s Black Bourgeoisie Reconsidered: Frazier’s Analytical Perspective

E. Franklin Frazier’s Role in African Studies

Conclusion and Some Research Questions

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826263490

0826263496

OCLC:

607743506