1st Edition
Represent Art and Identity Among the Black Upper-Middle Class
By Patricia A. Banks
Copyright 2010
134 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
134 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
134 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Patricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta art worlds to uncover how black identities are cultivated through black art patronage. Drawing on over 100 in-depth interviews, observations at arts events, and photographs of art displayed in homes, Banks elaborates a racial identity theory of consumption that highlights how upper-middle class blacks forge black identities for themselves and... Read more
1. Constructing Black Identities 2. Seeing Ourselves: A Portrait of Cultural Participation and Image 3. Collective Memories: A Portrait of Cultural Participation and the Past 4. Measures of Worth: A Portrait of Cultural Participation and Dignity 5. Advancing the Race: A Portrait of Cultural Participation and Community 6. Race, Cultural Participation, and the Black Middle-Class. Appendix: Research Sites and Research Procedures
Biography
Patricia A. Banks is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mount Holyoke College.
