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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, John L., Jr., 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--New York (State)--New York.

African Americans.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Harlem is one of the most famous neighborhoods 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 behavior.

Contents:

Frontmatter

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612538070

9781282538078

1282538071

9780226390000

0226390004

OCLC:

630542315