Cultural Imagery and Racial Conflict in the United States

The Case of African-Americans

Bibliographic Data

ID6227809
AuthorsRichard M Merelman (corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume22
Issue3
Pages315-342
Publication date1992-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1234 • E-ISSN: 1469-2112
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0007123400006414
OpenAlexW2112159216
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited49

This paper utilizes recent Marxist cultural theory to theorize about the cultural dynamics of racial group conflict in the United States. After laying out a typology of cultural relations between dominant and subordinate groups, the article examines data on African-American cultural penetration of American public culture. The data indicate that since the late 1960s ‘imagerial hegemony’ has yielded to ‘imagerial projection’ for African-Americans. The article concludes by speculating about some interpretations and consequences of this phenomenon

Cultural analysis · Cultural conflict · Cultural diversity · Epistemology · Hegemony · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Gender Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

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