| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 243 pages) |
| Series |
Perspectives on a multiracial America series |
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Perspectives on a multiracial America series.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01. The Genesis of the Cosby Cohort: 1980s-1990s; Chapter 02. Training for the Race: The Cosby Cohort and the Black Middle-Class Culture of Mobility; Chapter 03. Race Lessons: What the Cosby Cohort Really Learned about Blacks and Blackness; Chapter 04. Cast Out of the Race: The Reality of Childhood Intraracial Rejection; Chapter 05. Losing the Race? Attachment, Ambivalence, and Retreat; Chapter 06. Passing the Baton; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
The Cosby Cohort examines the now-grown children who were raised in the black middle class. This probing book studies how their parents established their middle class position, how they interact with white America, the pressures placed upon them by their parents, how they connect with African Americans of other social classes, and more. Even though these young African Americans grew up watching The Cosby Show, as the book reveals, their stories reveal a much more complex reality than portrayed by the show |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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Middle class -- United States.
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Black people -- Race identity
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Black people -- Race identity
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Middle class
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442217676 |
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1442217677 |
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1299157017 |
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9781299157019 |
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