| Description |
xiv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-272) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Doing Harlem, Touring Harlemworld -- 1. Making Harlem Black: Race, Place, and History in "African Americans' Africa" -- 2. Class Histories and Class Theories in a Raceful Social World -- 3. Birthdays, Basketball, and Breaking Bread: Negotiating with Class in Contemporary Black America -- 4. Class(ed) Acts, or Class Is as Class Does -- 5. White Harlem: Toward the Performative Limits of Blackness -- 6. Cinematicus Ethnographicus: Race and Class in an Ethnographic Land of Make-Believe -- Conclusion: Undoing Harlemworld. |
| Summary |
"Harlem is renowned as the epicenter of African American culture, a key reference point for blacks who seek to define themselves in relation to a certain version of African American tradition and history. The neighborhood is arguably the most famous in all New York and is home to more than a fifth of the population of Manhattan. But to most, Harlem is still the quintessential black slum - a symbol of the hard and fast boundaries that separate the rich from the poor in our cities.". |
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"With Harlemworld, John L. Jackson, Jr., uncovers a Harlem that is far more complex and diverse then its caricature suggests. Many experts believe that black America consists of two geographically distinct populations: a neglected underclass living in hopeless urban poverty, and a more successful suburban middle class of college graduates and thriving professionals. Through extensive fieldwork and interviews with residents of Harlem, Jackson explodes these presumptions. Harlemworld probes the everyday interactions of Harlemites with their black coworkers, friends, neighbors, acquaintances, and relatives, and shows how their social networks are often more class stratified and varied then many social analysis believe."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
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African Americans -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York.
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
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Social classes -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Soziale Situation.
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Schwarze.
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New York- Harlem.
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African Americans -- Race identity.
(OCoLC)fst00799666
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00799698
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African Americans -- Social life and customs.
(OCoLC)fst00799703
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Social classes. (OCoLC)fst01122346
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Social history. (OCoLC)fst01122498
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem.
(OCoLC)fst01312318
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| ISBN |
0226389987 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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9780226389981 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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