Meaning-making, internalized racism, and African American identity

Focusing on the broad range of attitudes Black people employ to make sense of their Blackness, this volume offers the latest research on racial identity. The first section explores meaning-making, or the importance of holding one type of racial-cultural identity as compared to another. It looks at a...

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Weitere Verfasser: Sullivan, Jas M. (HerausgeberIn), Cross, William E. Jr. 1940- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany SUNY State University of New York Press [2016]
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in African American studies
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Zusammenfassung:Focusing on the broad range of attitudes Black people employ to make sense of their Blackness, this volume offers the latest research on racial identity. The first section explores meaning-making, or the importance of holding one type of racial-cultural identity as compared to another. It looks at a wide range of topics, including stereotypes, spirituality, appearance, gender and intersectionalities, masculinity, and more. The second section examines the different expressions of internalized racism that arise when the pressure of oppression is too great, and includes such topics as identity orientations, self-esteem, colorism, and linked fate. Grounded in psychology, the research presented here makes the case for understanding Black identity as wide ranging in content, subject to multiple interpretations, and linked to both positive mental health as well as varied forms of internalized racism
Beschreibung:xxi, 349 Seiten Diagramme 24 cm
ISBN:9781438462974
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