The expansion of the Black American middle class and the
unprecedented increase in the number of Black immigrants since the
1960s have transformed the cultural landscape of New York.
In The New Noir, Orly Clerge explores the richly complex
worlds of an extraordinary generation of Black middle class adults
who have migrated from different corners of the African diaspora to
suburbia. The Black middle class today consists of diverse groups
whose ongoing cultural, political, and material ties to the
American South and Global South shape their cultural interactions
at work, in their suburban neighborhoods, and at their kitchen
tables. Clerge compellingly analyzes the making of a new
multinational Black middle class and how they create a spectrum of
Black identities that help them carve out places of their own in a
changing 21st-century global city. Paying particular attention to
the largest Black ethnic groups in the country, Black Americans,
Jamaicans, and Haitians, Clerge’s ethnography draws on over 80
interviews with residents to examine the overlooked places where
New York’s middle class resides in Queens and Long Island. This
book reveals that region and nationality shape how the Black middle
class negotiates the everyday politics of race and class. Â
General
Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2019 |
First published: |
2019 |
Authors: |
Orly Clerge
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-29678-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-520-29678-8 |
Barcode: |
9780520296787 |
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