Black Citizenship and Authenticity in the Civil Rights Movement

• Главный автор: Hohle, Randolph (auth)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: Taylor & Francis 2013
• Серии: Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity
• Предметы: Social discrimination & inequality; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; atlanta;bad;good;gurative;liberal;local;nationalists;project;schools;whites
• Online-ссылка: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Итог

This book explains the emergence of two competing forms of black political representation that transformed the objectives and meanings of local action, created boundaries between national and local struggles for racial equality, and prompted a white response to the civil rights movement that set the stage for the neoliberal turn in US policy. Randolph Hohle questions some of the most basic assumptions about the civil rights movement, including the importance of non-violence, and the movement's legacy on contemporary black politics. Non-violence was the effect of the movement's emphasis on racially non-threatening good black citizens that, when contrasted to bad white responses of southern whites, severed the relationship between whiteness and good citizenship. Although the civil rights movement secured new legislative gains and influenced all subsequent social movements, pressure to be good black citizens and the subsequent marginalization of black authenticity have internally polarized and paralyzed contemporary black struggles. This book is the first systematic analysis of the civil rights movement that considers the importance of authenticity, the body, and ethics in political struggles. It bridges the gap between the study of race, politics, and social movement studies.

Объем

1 electronic resource (188 p.)

ISBN

9780203569115
9780415819343
9781138920866
9781136739804

Доступ

Open Access