ISBN:
0203493915
,
9780203493915
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 161 p)
Series Statement:
Studies in African American history and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Prince, Sabiyha, 1959- Constructing belonging
DDC:
305.896/07307471
Keywords:
African American professional employees Interviews
;
African Americans Social conditions
;
Middle class
;
Social change
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; African American Studies
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African American professional employees
;
African Americans ; Social conditions
;
Middle class
;
Social change
;
Social conditions
;
Race relations
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Biographies
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Interviews
;
New York (N.Y.) Race relations
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Biography
;
New York (N.Y.) Biography
;
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Race relations
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions
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New York (N.Y.) Social conditions
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New York (State) ; New York
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New York (State) ; New York ; Harlem
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Electronic books
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Biografie
Abstract:
Chapter CONSTRUCTING BELONGING -- chapter 1 Getting It Done -- chapter 2 Harlem in the Making -- chapter 3 Locating Class and Race in Anthropology and History -- chapter 4 Professionals, Entrepreneurs, and Artists -- chapter 5 Work, Income, Wealth, and Resources -- chapter 6 Ideology, Consumption, and Lifestyle -- chapter 7 Negotiating Difference in Kin Networks -- chapter 8 Negotiating Difference in Community Life -- chapter 9 Class, History, Race, and Identity.
Abstract:
Looking at the communities of Central and West Harlem in New York City, this study explores the everyday lives of black professionals to determine what bearing income-generating activities have on ideology, consumption patterns and lifestyle
Abstract:
Looking at the communities of Central and West Harlem in New York City, this study explores the locus, form and significance of socioeconomic differentiation for African American professional-managerial workers. It begins by considering centuries of New York City history and the structural elements of class inequality to present readers with the larger context of contemporary events. The primary objective of this study is to examine the everyday lives of black professionals in Harlem and determine what bearing income-generating activities have on ideology, consumption patterns and lifestyle, among other factors. Looking at the communities of Central and West Harlem in New York City, this study explores the locus, form and significance of socioeconomic differentiation for African American professional-managerial workers. It begins by considering centuries of New York City history and the structural elements of class inequality to present readers with the larger context of contemporary events. The primary objective of this study is to examine the everyday lives of black professionals in Harlem and determine what bearing income-generating activities have on ideology, consumption patterns and lifestyle, among other factors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-145) and indexes
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