African Americans in Conservative Movements

The Inescapability of Race
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-07747-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 391 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

Providing an expansive view of the making and meaning of African American conservatism, this volume examines the phenomenon in four spheres: the political realm, the academic world, the black church, and grass-roots activism movements. In his analysis of their activities in these realms, Louis Prisock examines the challenges African American conservatives face as they operate within the context of (largely white) conservatism. At the same time that African American conservatives challenge the white conservative movement’s principle of “color blindness,” they are accused of being “racial mascots,” or “tokens” from those outside of it. Prisock unwinds the intricacies of black conservatives’ relationships to both the wider conservative movement and the everyday life experiences of black Americans, showing that they are as vulnerable to the “inescability of race” as any other individual in a racialized America. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prisock, Louis G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Konservativismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Race: The Achilles Heel of a Movement. - 1. Beginnings: The Subtleties of Race in Conservative Politics.- 2. The New “Color Blind” Conservatism: Creating an Intellectual Infrastructure.- 3. Stop The Genocide! Save the Race: The Anti-Abortion Movement within the Afircan American Community.- 4. Fight against the “Special Rights” Movement and End the Mis-Education of Black Children: Support School Vouchers!.- 5. Chasing Fools Gold: African Americans and the Party of Lincoln.- 6. The Creation of the Black Conservative Intelligentsia and its Impact on Black America.- 7. Rolling Rightward: An Examination of The African American Religious Right.- Epilogue. Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Future of African American Conservatism in the 21st Century.

Über Autor(innen)

Louis Prisock is Assistant Professor of Africana and American Studies at Rutgers University, USA. He has published on political sociology, urban sociology, race and ethnicity, and economic sociology in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, The Journal of African American Studies, Critical Sociology, Social Forces, and other venues.