Dissertation Research: African American Cultural Politics and Social Action

论文研究：非裔美国人文化政治与社会行动

• 批准号: 9727483
• 负责人: Brett Williams
• 金额: $ 0.95万
• 依托单位: American University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-02-01 至 2000-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9727483&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; African; American; Cultural

Most research on American Blacks focuses on the social problems of the lower classes. This project involves the dissertation research of an anthropology student from American University, who will study African American elites. The project will study the relation between African American women's use of `cultural politics`: ethnicity, cultural symbols, history and social interaction and their involvement in focused social action to counter racism and economic inequality. The student will conduct interviews with a sample of about 100 African American women divided into religious and secular leaders and non-leaders drawn from an elite population of women involved with national, state and municipal offices or organizations. The interviews will focus on life history and engagement with discrimination, the formation of a self image, and involvement with social action. This research is important because it will document the use of cultural politics to counter negative images and racism and to promote social change. The focus on religious as well as secular contexts will provide valuable information on how members of a minority elite use the social and cultural resources available to them to develop positive self-images and influence social policy. The results of this project should be of general interest, especially in light of the attention generated by the presidential commission on race.

大多数关于美国黑人的研究都集中在下层阶级的社会问题上。本项目涉及一名美国大学人类学学生的论文研究，她将研究非裔美国精英。该项目将研究非裔美国妇女对“文化政治”（种族、文化符号、历史和社会互动）的使用与她们参与反对种族主义和经济不平等的重点社会行动之间的关系。该学生将对大约100名非裔美国女性进行访谈，这些女性被分为宗教领袖和世俗领袖，以及非领袖，这些女性来自国家、州和市政办公室或组织的精英女性群体。访谈将集中在生活史和与歧视的接触，自我形象的形成，以及参与社会行动。这项研究很重要，因为它将记录文化政治的使用，以对抗负面形象和种族主义，并促进社会变革。对宗教和世俗背景的关注将提供宝贵的信息，说明少数民族精英成员如何利用现有的社会和文化资源，发展积极的自我形象，并影响社会政策。这个项目的结果应该引起普遍的兴趣，特别是考虑到总统种族委员会所引起的关注。