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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792383003321

Autore

Banks Patricia Ann.

Titolo

Represent : art and identity among the black upper-middle class / / Patricia A. Banks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-17795-3

1-135-17796-1

1-282-97465-3

9786612974656

0-203-86286-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in race and ethnicity ; ; 3

Disciplina

305.896

305.896/073

305.896073

Soggetti

African Americans - Race identity

African American art - Social aspects

Art and race

Art and the middle class

Ethnicity in art

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Constructing Black Identities; 2 Seeing Ourselves: A Portrait of Cultural Participation and Appearance; 3 Narratives of the Past: A Portrait of Cultural Participation and History; 4 Measures of Worth: A Portrait of Cultural Participation and Dignity; 5 Advancing the Race: A Portrait of Cultural Participation and Community; 6 New Perspectives on Race, Cultural Participation, and the Black Middle-Class; Appendix: Research Sites and Research Procedures; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Patricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta art worlds to uncover how black identities are cultivated through black art patronage. Drawing on over 100 in-depth interviews, observations at arts events, and photographs of art displayed in homes, Banks



elaborates a racial identity theory of consumption that highlights how upper-middle class blacks forge black identities for themselves and their children through the consumption of black visual art. She not only challenges common assumptions about elite cultural participation, but also contributes to the heated debate about the signific