ISBN:
9783839436608
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (284 Seiten)
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Series Statement:
American culture studies volume 17
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Power relations in black lives
DDC:
810.9/896073
Keywords:
Bourdieu, Pierre
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Elias, Norbert
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American literature African American authors
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History and criticism
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African Americans Music
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History and criticism
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African Americans Politics and government
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Racism in literature
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Violence in literature
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Literature History and criticism
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Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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USA
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Schwarze
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Literatur
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Kultur
Abstract:
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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