The New Black Sociologists: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

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The New Black Sociologists follows in the footsteps of 1974’s pioneering text Black Sociologists: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, by tracing the organization of its forbearer in key thematic ways. This new collection of essays revisit the legacies of significant Black scholars including James E. Blackwell, William Julius Wilson, Joyce Ladner, and Mary Pattillo, but also extends coverage to include overlooked figures like Audre Lorde, Ida B. Wells, James Baldwin and August Wilson - whose lives and work have inspired new generations of Black sociologists on contemporary issues of racial segregation, feminism, religiosity, class, inequality and urban studies. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of tables List of contributors Note from the Series Editor Foreword Introduction PART I: HIDDEN FIGURES 1. #SayHerName: Why Black Women Matter in Sociology Subjugated Knowledges and Ghostly Hauntings Another Scholar Denied: Anna Julia Cooper Another Scholar Reconsidered: Zora Neale Hurston Conclusion: Reclaiming Our Black Women Scholars Notes References 2. Rewriting Wright: A Note on Perspective in Method and Writing Richard Wright and the Southern Question Returning (to) the Rural Black South Wright’s “Perspective” Returning South Notes References 3. James Baldwin and the Lay Race Theorist Tradition Biographical Sketch Sociologists on Baldwin Bringing Sexuality Back In: Confronting Baldwin’s Epistemology Notes References 4. Black versus European: Frantz Fanon and the Over-Determination of Blackness Introduction Personal Background The Fact of Blackness Fanon, Race, and Black in Europe and Beyond Notes References 5. The Sociology of Stuart Hall The Sociology of Stuart Hall The Souls of Black Sociologists Notes References 6. The Cigar Annies of August Wilson: Ethnographically Unmasking Black Women’s Invisibility Notes References 7. Zora Neale Hurston and Ethnography of Black Life Introduction Critiques of White Supremacy and Affirmation of Black Life Ethnographic Practice and Positionality Conclusion Notes References 8. Poking and Prying with a Purpose: Zora Neale Hurston and Black Feminist Sociology Formalized Curiosity: Poking and Prying with a Purpose “Yuh Got Tuh Go There Tuh Know There”: The Insider Ethnography of Zora Neale Hurston “Of Course I Am Not Interested in Sociology”: The Reluctant Sociology of Zora Neale Hurston Conclusion Notes References PART II: BEHIND THE VEIL 9. When and Where I Always Enter: An Auto-Ethnographic Approach to Black Women’s Body Size Politics in Academia Notes References 10. School Daze: Patricia Hill Collins, a College Classroom, and a New Sociology of Race Why Sociology? Intersectional Sociology Intersectional Approaches to Work Feminist Approaches to Studying Men and Masculinity Incorporating Intersectionality and Work Research Conclusion Notes References 11. A History of White Violence Tells Us Attacks on Black Academics are not Ending (I know because it happened to me) Introduction A Choice of Term From the ‘I’ of the Storm Examining Racial Specificity in Attacks A Legacy of White Violence What We Can Expect Notes 12. A Love Letter to Black Graduate Students Friendship: Some Old, Some New Productivity I am a Sociologist On Making History and Black Archives Shout Outs Notes 13. No Fucks to Give: Dismantling the Respectability Politics of White Supremacist Sociology Du Boisian Analysis Critical Race Theory Systemic and Structural Racism (Black) Feminisms Spirituality and Meditation Conclusion: The Death of White Supremacist Respectability Notes References PART III: BLACK ON BOTH SIDES 14. For, By and About: Notes on a Sociology of Black Liberation Introduction: Who We Are, What We Do, Why and How We Do It Black Sociologists on Black Sociology, Black Sociologists, and the Possibility of a Sociology of Black Liberation On Contemporary Work Where We Go from Here For By About Notes References 15. The Evolution of #BlackLivesMatter Racializing the Criminal Justice System The Power of Social Media in the Movement for Black Lives The Future of #BlackLivesMatter Notes References 16. William Julius Wilson and the Study of the ‘New’ Diversity Elite Colleges Notes References 17. Black in Business and Ain’t It Grand: Sharon M. Collins and the Re-Imagination of Black Professional Life Introduction Race v. Class: The Circular Debate over Black Economic Achievement Black Professionals and Racially Structured Employment Opportunity The Racially Structured Market for Black Professional Labor Professional Life of the Black Managerial Elite Building on the Foundation Notes References 18. Why Research on the Global Black Middle Class is Essential Disclaimer Overview Historical Points in Time and Related Policy for the Growth of a Black Middle Class Defining the Global Black Middle Class Future Research on the Global Black Middle Class Notes References 19. On Second Sight, Surveillance and the Black Planet: Notes on a New Framework Two Boyz Slain All Eyez on Us Seeing Thingz Twice Notes References 20. The New Black Sociology: Bringing Diasporic & Internationalist Perspectives Repairing Black Histories Black Geographies Other People’s Niggers & the Assimilation Problematic A (New) Black Sociological Imagination Conclusion Notes References Index