Contempt and pity : social policy and the image of the damaged Black psyche, 1880-1996 / Daryl Michael Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Daryl Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Psychology.

African Americans.

Racism--United States--Psychological aspects.

Racism.

United States--Race relations--Psychological aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1997]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contempt and Pity: Social Policy and the Image of the Damaged Black Psyche, 1880-1996

Contents:

Cover Page; Contempt and Pity; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Amused Contempt and Pity Exposing the Black Psyche in an Age of Racial Conservatism 1880-1920; 2 No Consensus, No Crisis, No Outrage The Experts and Black Personality, 1919-1945; 3 "Matriarchies" without Damaged Personalities The Black Family in Social Science Imagery, 1928-1945; 4 Of Pride and Scientism Radical and Professional Ideologies and the Muted Image of the Damaged Black Psyche; 5 Plumbing for Damage The Black Psyche in Postwar Social Science

6 The Mark of Oppression Liberal Ideology and Damage Imagery in Postwar Social Science7 Justifying Equality Damage Imagery, Brown v. Board of Education, and the American Creed; 8 Beyond the American Creed Damage Imagery and the Struggle for Race-Conscious Programs; 9 Defining Pride and Redefining Racism The Radical Assaulton Liberal Damage Imagery, 1965-1980; 10 The Resurgence of Damage Imagery Representations of the Black Psyche in an Age of Conservative Reform, 1981-1996; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890868237

9780807864425

0807864420

OCLC:

854968417