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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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Music
- Ethnic stratification
- Musical and theatrical productions
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Political movements
- Education system
- Classes
- Personal grooming
- Ornament
- Philanthropic foundations
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- African Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1993-1995
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Maureen Mahon
- Includes biblopgraphical references (p. 307-311)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans