Black cultural advancement: Racial identity and participation in the arts among the black middle class

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-289

  Banks, Patricia A ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black middle class; Collective identity; Cultural capital; Culture; Elites; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

ART; BLACK POPULATION; CLASS; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNIC GROUP; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 74349118201     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870903121332     Document Type: Article

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