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Rooming in the master's house : power and privilege in the rise of Black conservatism / Molefi K. Asante and Ronald E. Hall

Author
Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942-
Published
Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
xv, 167 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Hall, Ronald E.

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Slave Psychology: The Shape of Race Relations -- ch. Two Field Negroes and House Negroes -- ch. Three House Negroes and the Crisis of Identity -- ch. Four The Conservative Political Agenda -- ch. Five Self-Mutilation in the Master's House -- ch. Six Extending the Metaphors: Conservatives and Liberals.
Summary
Discusses how African slaves would identify with their master if given a role in the house and would seem to turn against their fellow man, and argues that this pattern can still be seen within the black conservative communities.
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ISBN
9781594518904 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1594518904 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781594518911 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1594518912 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161) and index.
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