E James West

A House for the Struggle

The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Buildings once symbolized Chicago's place as the business capital of Black America and a thriving hub for Black media. In this groundbreaking work, E. James West examines the city's Black press through its relationship with the built environment. As a house for the struggle, the buildings of publications like Ebony and the Chicago Defender embodied narratives of racial uplift and community resistance. As political hubs, gallery spaces, and public squares, they served as key sites in the ongoing Black quest for self-respect, independence, and civic identity. At the same time, factors ranging from discriminatory business practices to editorial and corporate ideology prescribed their location, use, and appearance, positioning Black press buildings as sites of both Black possibility and racial constraint. Engaging and innovative, A House for the Struggle reconsiders the Black press's place at the crossroads where aspiration collided with life in one of America's most segregated cities"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780252086397
• ISBN-10: 0252086392
• Artikelnr.: 62580359

Autorenporträt

E. James West

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1 A Card Table and a Kitchen Chair 21
2 A Monument to Negro Enterprise 49
3 A Building on a Front Street 81
4 A Meeting Place for All the People 115
5 A House for the Struggle 147
6 A Poem in Marble and Glass 181
Conclusion 213
Notes 221
Bibliography 259
Index 273