03343oam 2200745I 450 991080911790332120230207213348.01-135-17795-31-135-17796-11-282-97465-397866129746560-203-86286-410.4324/9780203862865 (CKB)2670000000008912(EBL)465433(OCoLC)569892088(SSID)ssj0000342331(PQKBManifestationID)11947748(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342331(PQKBWorkID)10285545(PQKB)10593578(MiAaPQ)EBC465433(Au-PeEL)EBL465433(CaPaEBR)ebr10361606(CaONFJC)MIL297465(OCoLC)995560715(EXLCZ)99267000000000891220180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRepresent art and identity among the black upper-middle class /Patricia A. BanksNew York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (134 p.)Routledge research in race and ethnicity ;3Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65405-X 0-415-80060-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexPatricia 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 significRoutledge research in race and ethnicity ;3.African AmericansRace identityAfrican American artSocial aspectsArt and raceArt and the middle classEthnicity in artAfrican AmericansRace identity.African American artSocial aspects.Art and race.Art and the middle class.Ethnicity in art.305.896305.896/073305.896073Banks Patricia Ann.895055MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809117903321Represent3954087UNINA