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According to relational sociology, power imbalances are at the root of human conflicts and consequently shape the physical and symbolic struggles between interdependent groups or individuals. This volume highlights the role of power relations in the African American experience by applying key concepts of Pierre Bourdieu and Norbert Elias to black literature and culture. The authors offer new readings of power asymmetries as represented in works of canonical and contemporary black writers (Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, Percival Everett, Colson Whitehead), rap music (e.g., Jay Z), images of black homelessness, and figurations of political activism (civil rights activist Bayard Rustin Besprochen in: Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit, Rundbrief, 1 (2018)

American literature --- African American authors. --- African American literature (English) --- Black literature (American) --- Negro literature --- Afro-American authors --- Negro authors --- African American Literature. --- America. --- American Studies. --- Black Culture. --- Capital. --- Cultural Sociology. --- Cultural Studies. --- Established-Outsider Relationships. --- Field. --- Habitus. --- Literary Studies. --- Norbert Elias. --- Pierre Bourdieu. --- Political Activism. --- Power Asymmetries. --- Power Imbalances. --- Power Relations. --- Racism. --- Rap Music. --- Social Relations. --- Sociological Theory. --- Sociology of Literature. --- Symbolic Violence. --- Relational Sociology; Pierre Bourdieu; Norbert Elias; Sociology of Literature; Cultural Sociology; Power Relations; Racism; African American Literature; Black Culture; Rap Music; Political Activism; Habitus; Field; Capital; Symbolic Violence; Established-Outsider Relationships; Power Asymmetries; Power Imbalances; America; Social Relations; American Studies; Sociological Theory; Cultural Studies; Literary Studies --- Racism in literature. --- African Americans --- Politics and government. --- History and criticism --- Bourdieu, Pierre, --- Elias, Norbert, --- Elías, N. --- Burdʹe, Pʹer, --- Burdʹe, P. --- Bourdieu, P. --- Pūrtiyu, Piyar,