Represent Art and Identity among the Black Upper-Middle Class

Name: Represent Art and Identity among the Black Upper-Middle Class
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ISBN: 9780415654050

ISBN-10: 041565405X

ISBN-13: 9780415654050

Edition: 2010

Authors: Patricia A. Banks

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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 their children through the consumption of black visual art. She not only challenges common assumptions about elite cultural participation, but also contributes to the heated debate about the significance of race for elite blacks, and illuminates recent art world developments. In doing so, Banks…

Book details

List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 7/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 134
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English




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Appendix: Research Sites and Research Procedures