Power relations in black lives : reading African American literature and culture with Bourdieu and Elias

Power relations in black lives reading African American literature and culture with Bourdieu and Elias

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According to relational sociology, power imbalances are at the root of human conflicts and consequently shape the physical and symbolic struggles between interdependent groups or individuals. This volume highlights the role of power relations in the African American experience by applying key concep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2019: Backlist Collection funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Buschendorf, Christa, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld, Germany : Transcript [2017]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; Volume 17.
Materias:
Bourdieu, Pierre, > 1930-2002.
Elias, Norbert, > 1897-1990.
Racism in literature.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > History and criticism > Music.
African American Literature.
America.
American Studies.
Black Culture.
Capital.
Cultural Sociology.
Cultural Studies.
Established-Outsider Relationships.
Field.
Habitus.
Literary Studies.
Norbert Elias.
Pierre Bourdieu.
Political Activism.
Power Asymmetries.
Power Imbalances.
Power Relations.
Racism.
Rap Music.
Social Relations.
Sociological Theory.
Sociology of Literature.
Symbolic Violence.
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Sumario:According to relational sociology, power imbalances are at the root of human conflicts and consequently shape the physical and symbolic struggles between interdependent groups or individuals. This volume highlights the role of power relations in the African American experience by applying key concepts of Pierre Bourdieu and Norbert Elias to black literature and culture. The authors offer new readings of power asymmetries as represented in works of canonical and contemporary black writers (Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, Percival Everett, Colson Whitehead), rap music (e.g., Jay Z), images of black homelessness, and figurations of political activism (civil rights activist Bayard Rustin
Besprochen in: Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit, Rundbrief, 1 (2018)
Descripción Física:1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783839436608

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