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21%OFFChrista Buschendorf - Power Relations in Black Lives – Reading African American Literature and Culture with Bourdieu and Elias - 9783837636604 - V9783837636604
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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 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837636604
SKU
V9783837636604
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About Christa Buschendorf
Christa Buschendorf (PhD, Professor em.) taught American Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany).

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Besprochen in: Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit, Rundbrief, 1 (2018)

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