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This work examines variations of the social stratification paradigm in the humanities and social sciences. Extending the boundaries of thematic semblances, this study seeks to exhibit the flexibility, yet commonality of Africana phenomena. Essays in this study explore the content analysis of black economics from an interdisciplinary perspective.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Africana Sociology and Economics: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Black Social Stratification
James L. Conyers Jr.
Chapter 2: The Emerging Field of Stratification Economics: A Unified Social Science Theory of Race and Inequality?
Greg Price
Chapter 3: Frontstage and Backstage Racial Performances: The Contributions of Backstage Methodological Research
Brittany Slatton
Chapter 4: "Girls Can't Play No Ball": The Invisibility of Black Woman Athletes in Film
Drew Brown
Chapter 5: Pan-African Belize: A Case for Praxis
Devon Lee
Chapter 6: Insights Regarding Black-White Economic Inequality from Stratification Economics
James B. Stewart
Chapter 7: A New Era for Labor? The Promises and Perils of the Fast Food Workers Strike Movement
Marcia Walker McWilliams
Chapter 8: Affirming or Dis-confirming America's Promise: Attitudes about Affirmative Action Among Black Americans and Black Immigrants
Anthony D. Greene, LaTasha Chaffin, Maruice Mangum, and Jason Shelton
Chapter 9: An Obsolete People? The Precarious Position of African Americans in the Twenty-First-Century Economy
Robert E. Weems
Chapter 10: New (Pan)-Africanism or Neoliberal Globalization? Introducing Nigeria's Afri-capitalism and South Africa's Ubuntu Business
Kiki Odezie
About the author
James L. Conyers Jr. is director of the African American Studies Program, director of the Center for African American Culture, and university professor of African American Studies at the University of Houston.
Summary
This work examines variations of the social stratification paradigm in the humanities and social sciences. Extending the boundaries of thematic semblances, this study seeks to exhibit the flexibility, yet commonality of Africana phenomena. Essays in this study explore the content analysis of black economics from an interdisciplinary perspective.
