The New Noir: Race, Identity, and Diaspora in Black Suburbia

Author/Contributor(s):	Clerge, Orly
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	10/29/2019
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"The expansion of the black middle class and the unprecedented increase in the number of immigrants among them since the 1960s has transformed the black cultural geography of New York. In [this book], urban sociologist Orly Clerge uncovers the complex social worlds of an extraordinary generation of black middle class adults from different corners of the African Diaspora. Clerge demonstrates that the black middle class' ongoing ties with the American and Global South has influenced the local businesses, organizations, and kitchen tables of their suburbs"--Provided by publisher.