Power Relations in Black Lives

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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description 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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-300122025-07-30T16:05:44Z Power Relations in Black Lives Buschendorf, Christa Literary Criticism Subjects & Themes General thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism 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, 2021-02-10T13:37:37Z 2021-02-10T13:37:37Z 2020-12-15T14:03:09Z 2017 book OCN: 1013956909 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43848 9783839436608 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30012 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43848/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43848/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43848/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43848/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43848/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43848/1/external_content.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839436608 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839436608 7e97f9b9-be2b-4d9c-a928-3c8ebdfa443c Knowledge Unlatched 9783839436608 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2019: HSS Backlist Books transcript Verlag Bielefeld open access
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Power Relations in Black Lives
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