John L. Jackson Jr.
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226389981
- eISBN:
- 9780226390000
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226390000.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
Harlem is one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world—a historic symbol of both black cultural achievement and of the rigid boundaries separating the rich from the poor. But as this book shows ...
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Harlem is one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world—a historic symbol of both black cultural achievement and of the rigid boundaries separating the rich from the poor. But as this book shows us, it is far more culturally and economically diverse than its caricature suggests: through extensive fieldwork and interviews, the author reveals a variety of social networks and class stratifications, and explores how African Americans interpret and perform different class identities in their everyday behavior.Less
Harlem is one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world—a historic symbol of both black cultural achievement and of the rigid boundaries separating the rich from the poor. But as this book shows us, it is far more culturally and economically diverse than its caricature suggests: through extensive fieldwork and interviews, the author reveals a variety of social networks and class stratifications, and explores how African Americans interpret and perform different class identities in their everyday behavior.
