Power Relations in Black Lives - Reading African American Literature and Culture with Bourdieu and Elias Paperback / softback
by Christa Buschendorf
Part of the American Culture Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
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,
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:180 pages
- Publisher:Transcript Verlag
- Publication Date:08/12/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9783837636604
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:180 pages
- Publisher:Transcript Verlag
- Publication Date:08/12/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9783837636604
