Constructing Belonging: Class, Race, and Harlem's Professional Workers

by Prince,Sabiyha Robin

• ISBN13: 9780415947312
• ISBN10: 0415947316
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Looking at the communities of Central and West Harlem in New York City, this study explores the locus, form and significance of socioeconomic differentiation for African American professional-managerial workers. It begins by considering centuries of New York City history and the structural elements of class inequality to present readers with the larger context of contemporary events. The primary objective of this study is to examine the everyday lives of black professionals in Harlem and determine what bearing income-generating activities have on ideology, consumption patterns and lifestyle, among other factors.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
PREFACE	xi
INTRODUCTION	xvii
CHAPTER ONE Getting It Done: Research Strategies and Researcher Standpoint	3	(12)
CHAPTER TWO Harlem in the Making: Race and Class in New York City History	15	(18)
CHAPTER THREE Locating Class and Race in Anthropology and History: A Theoretical Overview	33	(14)
CHAPTER FOUR Professionals, Entrepreneurs, and Artists: The Individuals Among Harlem's African American Professionals	47	(20)
CHAPTER FIVE Work, Income, Wealth, and Resources	67	(22)
CHAPTER SIX Ideology, Consumption, and Lifestyle	89	(12)
CHAPTER SEVEN Negotiating Difference in Kin Networks	101	(8)
CHAPTER EIGHT Negotiating Difference in Community Life	109	(12)
CHAPTER NINE Class, History, Race, and Identity	121	(10)
NOTES	131	(4)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	135	(12)
INDEX	147