Buschendorf Power Relations in Black Lives

Reading African American Literature and Culture with Bourdieu and Elias
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-8394-3660-8
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm

Reihe: American Culture Studies

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,

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buschendorf, Christa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Buschendorf, Christa
Christa Buschendorf (PhD, Professor em.) taught American Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany).

Christa Buschendorf (PhD, Professor em.) taught American Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany).