Black like this: race, generation, and rock in the post-civil rights era

Mahon, Maureen

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Black like this: race, generation, and rock in the post-civil rights era

American ethnologist • 27 (2) • Published In 2000 • Pages: 283-311

By: Mahon, Maureen.

Abstract
This article argues that the intersection of race, class, generation, and education had a decisive impact on African American rock musicians who came of age during the post-civil rights era from the late 1960s to the present. By analyzing life stories, the author connects rock musicians' experience school desegregation to the position they occupy between black and white mainstreams and discuss how they critique discourses of black authenticity through the identities and practices they have produced as member of the Black Rock Coalition. The author also discusses the effects of racism and racializing discourses on this group of African Americans.

Cultural identity and pride

Music

Ethnic stratification

Musical and theatrical productions

Inter-ethnic relations

Acculturation and culture contact

Philanthropic foundations