The Fruits of Integration [[electronic resource] ] : Black Middle-Class Ideology and Culture, 1960-1990

• Autore: Banner-Haley Charles T
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5/5/08996073
• Soggetto topico: African Americans -- Civil rights; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; African Americans; Middle class -- United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Fruits of Integration
• ISBN: 1-283-03119-1; 9786613031198; 1-61703-113-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825407003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II