1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784420703321

Autore

Lacy Karyn R. <1965->

Titolo

Blue-chip Black [[electronic resource] ] : Race, class, and status in the new Black middle class / / Karyn Lacy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007

ISBN

1-282-77218-X

9786612772184

0-520-25115-6

1-4294-8228-1

0-520-94069-5

1-4337-0856-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies

Disciplina

305.896/0730722

Soggetti

African Americans - Social conditions - 1975-

African Americans - Race identity

Middle class - United States

Social status - United States

African Americans - Washington Region - Social conditions

African Americans - Race identity - Washington Region

Middle class - Washington Region

Social status - Washington Region

United States Race relations Case studies

Washington Region Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Defining the Post-Integration Black Middle Classes -- 2. Social Organization in Washington's Suburbia -- 3. Public Identities: Managing Race in Public Spaces -- 4. Status-Based Identities: Protecting and Reproducing Middle-Class Status -- 5. Race- and Class-Based Identities: Strategic Assimilation in Middle-Class Suburbia -- 6. Suburban Identities: Building Alliances with Neighbors -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Recipe for Studying the



Black Middle Class -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

As Karyn R. Lacy's innovative work in the suburbs of Washington, DC, reveals, there is a continuum of middle-classness among blacks, ranging from lower-middle class to middle-middle class to upper-middle class. Focusing on the latter two, Lacy explores an increasingly important social and demographic group: middle-class blacks who live in middle-class suburbs where poor blacks are not present. These "blue-chip black" suburbanites earn well over fifty thousand dollars annually and work in predominantly white professional environments. Lacy examines the complicated sense of identity that individuals in these groups craft to manage their interactions with lower-class blacks, middle-class whites, and other middle-class blacks as they seek to reap the benefits of their middle-class status.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910508708103321

Autore

Łuszczyńska Maria

Titolo

Ageing and COVID-19 : making sense of a disrupted world / / edited by Maria Łuszczyńska and Marvin Formosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2021

London : , : Routledge, , 2021

ISBN

9781003259329

1003259324

9781000530971

1000530973

9781000531084

1000531082

Edizione

[1 ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 pages)

Collana

Social Perspectives on Ageing and Later Life

Disciplina

305.26

Soggetti

Aging - Social aspects

Aging - Research

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation. One of the first collections of its kind, it offers an array of studies employing research methodologies that lend themselves to replication in similar contexts by those seeking to understand the effects of epidemics on older people. Thematically organised, it shows how to reconcile qualitative and quantitative approaches, thus rendering them complementary, bringing together studies from around the world to offer an international perspective on ageing as it relates to an unprecedented epidemiological phenomenon. As such, it will appeal to researchers in the field of gerontology, as well as sociologists of medicine and clinicians seeking to understand the disruptive effects of the recent coronavirus outbreak on later life.