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UNINA9910825407003321 |
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Autore |
Banner-Haley Charles T |
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Titolo |
The Fruits of Integration [[electronic resource] ] : Black Middle-Class Ideology and Culture, 1960-1990 |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-03119-1 |
9786613031198 |
1-61703-113-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans -- Civil rights |
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century |
African Americans |
Middle class -- United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: The Ambiguity of Nomenclature; 1. Leaders of Thought, Missionaries of Culture; 2. From the Hollow to the High Ground and Back: The Civil Rights Movement and Its Aftermath; 3. To Preserve the Dignity of the Race: Black Conservatives and Affirmative Action; 4. Integrating the Many Voices: The Continuing Growth of African American Literature; 5. Sound and Image: The Cultural Fruits of Integration; 6. Changing the Guard: AfroAmerica's New Guardians of Culture; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In late twentieth-century America the black middle class has occupied a unique position. It greatly influenced the way African Americans were perceived and presented to the greater society, and it set roles and guidelines for the nation's black masses. Though historically a small group, it has attempted to be a model for inspiration and uplift. As a key force in the ""Africanizing"" of American culture, the black middle class has been both a shaper and a mirror during the past three decades. This study of that era shows that the fruits of integration have been at once sweet and bitter. This hi |
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