Black Identity Viewed from a Barber's Chair : Nigrescence and Eudaimonia / William E. Cross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cross, William E., 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

African Americans--Psychology.

Black people--Race identity.

Black people.

Black people--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book examines the pathway leading to black consciousness, details how black identity is transacted and performed, offers a critique of the deficit perspective on black life, and sheds new light on the way slaves raised children to explain the psychological strengths many ex-slaves exhibited as adults following slavery's end"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. The Barbershop Bias

2. Nigrescence Revisited: The Models

3. Nigrescence, Part 2: Issues

4. Double-Consciousness and the Performance of Identity

5. Interrogating the Deficit Perspective

6. Slavery, Trauma, and Resilience

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781439921074

1439921075

OCLC:

1224585300