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Overview"When Zandria Robinson returned home to interview African Americans in Memphis, she was often greeted with some version of the caution """"I hope you know this ain't Chicago."""" In this important new work, Robinson critiques ideas of black identity constructed through a northern lens and situates African Americans as central shapers of contemporary southern culture. Analytically separating black southerners from their migrating cousins, fictive kin, and white counterparts, Robinson demonstrates how place intersects with race, class, gender, and regional identities and differences. Robinson grounds her work in Memphis--the first big city heading north out of the Mississippi Delta. Although Memphis sheds light on much about the South, Robinson does not suggest that the region is monolithic. Instead, she attends to multiple Souths, noting the distinctions between southern places. Memphis, neither Old South nor New South, sits at the intersections of rural and urban, soul and post-soul, and civil rights and post-civil rights, representing an ongoing conversation with the varied incarnations of the South, past and present." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Zandria F. RobinsonPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9781469614229ISBN 10: 1469614227 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 30 April 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsHighly recommended. Undergraduates, faculty, professionals. -- Choice This Ain't Chicago is a fascinating exploration of the shifting contours of racial and regional identity in the post-civil rights era. Robinson shows that southern regional identity and culture provide insights to understanding something about cities and 'urban change.' The book offers a bridge between the worlds of southern studies, cultural studies, and urban theory. --Bruce Haynes, University of California, Davis Unfolds in magisterial fashion...A self-aware, distinctively southern perspective on the South that is often absent from urban ethnography.--American Journal of Sociology <p/> A welcome and even essential book. . . . Robinson convincingly shows that black Southerners no longer feel ashamed to embrace their Southern roots.-- Chapter 16 Unfolds in magisterial fashion...A self-aware, distinctively southern perspective on the South that is often absent from urban ethnography.--American Journal of Sociology Sharply analyzed.--Middle West Review [Robinson's] vibrant prose and her keen cultural eye are timely and unprecedented. . . . Her work ultimately encapsulates the rich growing body of new black Southern studies and is a worthy contribution to the field.--Arkansas Review A welcome and even essential book. . . . Robinson convincingly shows that black Southerners no longer feel ashamed to embrace their Southern roots.--Chapter 16 Robinson critiques ideas of Black identity constructed through a northern lens and situates African Americans as central shapers of contemporary southern culture.--The Journal of Pan African Studies Highly recommended. Undergraduates, faculty, professionals.--Choice This is an important book for scholars of the South, for those who are interested in racial identity, and for those who appreciate good ethnographic studies that are executed and written well.--Social Forces Author InformationZandria F. Robinson is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Memphis, USA. She is coeditor of Repositioning Race: Prophetic Research in a Post-Racial Obama Age. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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