LEADER 04600nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910827297303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-37986-4 010 $a9786613379863 010 $a1-4008-3931-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400839315 035 $a(CKB)2670000000139865 035 $a(EBL)832064 035 $a(OCoLC)769927216 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632677 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11386500 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632677 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610378 035 $a(PQKB)10122603 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001521663 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12497387 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001521663 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11473598 035 $a(PQKB)11426163 035 $a(OCoLC)785785376 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36956 035 $a(DE-B1597)446945 035 $a(OCoLC)979685855 035 $a(OCoLC)984687128 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400839315 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL832064 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535727 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL337986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC832064 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000139865 100 $a19970815d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlack Corona $erace and the politics of place in an urban community /$fSteven Gregory 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in culture/power/history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-01739-5 311 $a0-691-02936-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-277) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPART ONE -- $tPART TWO -- $tPART THREE -- $tNotes -- $tReferences Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aIn Black Corona, Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. Using historical and ethnographic research, he challenges the view that black urban communities are "socially disorganized." Gregory demonstrates instead how working-class and middle-class African Americans construct and negotiate complex and deeply historical political identities and institutions through struggles over the built environment and neighborhood quality of life. With its emphasis on the lived experiences of African Americans, Black Corona provides a fresh and innovative contribution to the study of the dynamic interplay of race, class, and space in contemporary urban communities. It questions the accuracy of the widely used trope of the dysfunctional "black ghetto," which, the author asserts, has often been deployed to depoliticize issues of racial and economic inequality in the United States. By contrast, Gregory argues that the urban experience of African Americans is more diverse than is generally acknowledged and that it is only by attending to the history and politics of black identity and community life that we can come to appreciate this complexity. This is the first modern ethnography to focus on black working-class and middle-class life and politics. Unlike books that enumerate the ways in which black communities have been rendered powerless by urban political processes and by changing urban economies, Black Corona demonstrates the range of ways in which African Americans continue to organize and struggle for social justice and community empowerment. Although it discusses the experiences of one community, its implications resonate far more widely.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in culture/power/history. 606 $aAfrican Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xPolitics and government 606 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aCorona (New York, N.Y.)$xRace relations 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xRace relations 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aUrban ecology (Sociology)$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a306.2/089/9607307471 700 $aGregory$b Steven$f1954-$01646911 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827297303321 996 $aBlack Corona$93994165 997 $aUNINA