Power Relations in Black Lives Reading African American Literature and Culture with Bourdieu and Elias (Edition 1)

According to relational sociology, power imbalances are at the root of human conflicts and consequently shape the physical and symbolic struggles between interdependent groups or individuals. This volume highlights the role of power relations in the African American experience by applying key concep...

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Other Authors: Buschendorf, Christa (Editor)
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