Title Barbershops, bibles, and BET : everyday talk and Black political thought / Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 339 pages) : illustrations Contents Everyday talk and ideology -- Ideology in action : the promise of Orange Grove -- Black talk, Black thought : evidence in national data -- Policing conservatives, believing feminists : reactions to unpopular ideologies in everyday Black talk -- Truth and soul : Black talk in the barbershop / written with Quincy T. Mills -- Speaking to, speaking for, speaking with : Black ideological elites -- Everyday Black talk at the turn of the twenty-first century Summary "Using statistical, experimental, and ethnographic methods Barbershops, Bibles, and BET offers a new perspective on the way public opinion and ideologies are formed at the grassroots level. The book makes an important contribution to our understanding of black politics by shifting the focus from the influence of national elites in opinion formation to the influence of local elites and people in daily interaction with each other. Arguing that African Americans use community dialogue to jointly develop understandings of their collective political interests, Harris-Lacewell identifies for political ideologies that constitute the framework of contemporary black political thought: black Nationalism, black Feminism, black Conservatism, and Liberal Integrationism. These ideologies, the book posits, help African Americans to understand persistent social and economic inequality, to identify the significance of race in that inequality, and to devise strategies for overcoming it."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index Notes English Print version record Subject African Americans -- Politics and government. African Americans -- Intellectual life. African Americans -- Attitudes Conversation analysis -- United States Black nationalism -- United States. Feminism -- United States Conservatism -- United States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. African Americans -- Attitudes African Americans -- Intellectual life African Americans -- Politics and government Black nationalism Conservatism Conversation analysis Feminism Politics and government Race relations -- Political aspects Feminismus Politik Ethnische Beziehungen Konservativismus SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001744 United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects Subject United States Schwärze USA Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400836604 1400836603

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