LEADER 03343oam 2200745I 450 001 9910809117903321 005 20230207213348.0 010 $a1-135-17795-3 010 $a1-135-17796-1 010 $a1-282-97465-3 010 $a9786612974656 010 $a0-203-86286-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203862865 035 $a(CKB)2670000000008912 035 $a(EBL)465433 035 $a(OCoLC)569892088 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342331 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947748 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342331 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285545 035 $a(PQKB)10593578 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC465433 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL465433 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10361606 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL297465 035 $a(OCoLC)995560715 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000008912 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRepresent $eart and identity among the black upper-middle class /$fPatricia A. Banks 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (134 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in race and ethnicity ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-65405-X 311 $a0-415-80060-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 330 $aPatricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta art worlds to uncover how black identities are cultivated through black art patronage. Drawing on over 100 in-depth interviews, observations at arts events, and photographs of art displayed in homes, Banks elaborates a racial identity theory of consumption that highlights how upper-middle class blacks forge black identities for themselves and their children through the consumption of black visual art. She not only challenges common assumptions about elite cultural participation, but also contributes to the heated debate about the signific 410 0$aRoutledge research in race and ethnicity ;$v3. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xRace identity 606 $aAfrican American art$xSocial aspects 606 $aArt and race 606 $aArt and the middle class 606 $aEthnicity in art 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xRace identity. 615 0$aAfrican American art$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aArt and race. 615 0$aArt and the middle class. 615 0$aEthnicity in art. 676 $a305.896 676 $a305.896/073 676 $a305.896073 700 $aBanks$b Patricia Ann.$0895055 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809117903321 996 $aRepresent$93954087 997 $aUNINA