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  • The Love Jones Cohort

    Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class

    by Kris Marsh ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity
    Drawing from stratification economics, intersectionality, and respectability politics, The Love Jones Cohort centers on the voices and lifestyles of members of the Black middle class who are single and living alone (SALA). While much has been written about both the Black middle class and the rise of singlehood, this book represents a first foray into bridging these two concepts. In studying these ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Does The Black Middle Class Exist And Are We Members?

    Reflections From A Research Team

    by Grace Khunou, Kris Marsh, Polite Chauke, Lesego Plank, Leo Igbanoi, Mabone Kgosiemang ...
    Series series Emerald Points
    Does the Black Middle Class Exist And Are We Members makes two contributions into the research of the Black Middle Class. First, it explores how Black South Africans conceptualize middle classness. Second, it demonstrates how this conceptualization informs researchers’ social identity within the Black middle class.The book draws on historical social science literature for theoretical grounding and ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

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    The Love Jones Cohort

    Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class

    by Kris Marsh ...
    Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 54 min

    Drawing from stratification economics, intersectionality, and respectability politics, The Love Jones Cohort centers on the voices and lifestyles of members of the Black middle class who are single and living alone (SALA). While much has been written about both the Black middle class and the rise of singlehood, this book represents a first foray into bridging these two concepts. In studying these ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty

    Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap

    by Paul C. Gorski ...
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  • Women and Gendered Violence in Canada

    An Intersectional Approach

    by Chris Bruckert, Tuulia Law ...
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  • Marriage Markets

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  • Just Care

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  • Generation Unbound

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  • The End Game

    How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years

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