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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buschendorf, Christa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, 2017.
Colección:American studies (Transcript (Firm))
Temas:
Bourdieu, Pierre, > 1930-2002.
Elias, Norbert, > 1897-1990.
Bourdieu, Pierre, > 1930-2002
Elias, Norbert, > 1897-1990
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Racism in literature.
Violence in literature.
Racisme dans la littérature.
Violence dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
African Americans > Music
American literature > African American authors
Racism in literature
Violence in literature
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.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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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,
Descripción Física:1 online resource (285 pages)
ISBN:9783839436608
3839436605
Acceso:Open Access

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