Free at Last?: Black America in the Twenty-first Century

by Battle,Juan

• ISBN13: 9781412805827
• ISBN10: 1412805821
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-07-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

As this volume indicates, the issues facing black America are diverse, and the tools needed to understand these phenomena cross disciplinary boundaries. In this anthology, the authors address a wide range of topics including race, gender, class, sexual orientation, globalism, migration, health, politics, culture, and urban issues—from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Juan Battle, Michael Bennett, and Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr.
1 The Black Middle-Class: Progress, Prospects, and Puzzles	1	(16)
Paul Attewell, David Lavin, Thurston Domina, and Tania Levey
2 The Mesh: Democracy and Captivity	17	(16)
Joy James
3 "Two Warring Ideals": Double Consciousness, Dialogue, and African American Patriotism Post-9/11	33	(18)
Todd C. Shaw
4 Closets are for Clothes: Tearing Down Boundaries to Freedom for Black American Sexual Minorities	51	(32)
Juan J. Battle and Natalie D. A. Bennett
5 Clear and Present Dangers: Health Disparities in the African American Community	83	(20)
Verna M. Keith and Diane R. Brown
6 African American HIV/AIDS and Social Institutions: New Realities Calling for New Policies	103	(24)
Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr. and BarBara M. Scott
7 The Color Line of American Politics: The Vying Ideologies of Blacks and Whites	127	(22)
Robert A. Brown
8 "The Alpha and Omega of Our People": A Sociological Examination of the Promise and Problems of the Contemporary Black Church	149	(24)
Sandra L. Barnes
9 "White is Right": The Utilization of an Improper Ontological Perspective in Analyses of Black Experiences	173	(16)
H. Alexander Welcome
10 Black Identity Constructions: Inserting Intersectionality, Bisexuality, and (Afro-) Latinidad into Black Studies	189	(18)
Antonio Pastrana, Jr.
11 "The Same Old Danger/But a Brand New Pleasure": The Black Arts Movement in the Twenty-First Century	207	(20)
Ajuan Maria Mance
12 Sheep and Goats Together: Interracial Relationships from Black Men's Perspectives	227	(20)
Rosamond S. King
13 Cities in the New Millennium: Environmental Justice, the Spatialization of Race, and Anti-Urbanism	247	(18)
Michael Bennett
14 Participatory Action Research and Social Justice: Keys to Freedom for Street Life Oriented Black Men	265
Yasser Arafat Payne
List of Contributors	28	(255)
Index	283