About the Authors vii Acknowledgements...

About the Authors		vii
Acknowledgements		xiii
Preface: Implicating our Bodies in Researching The Black Middle Class		xvii
1.	Who is the Black Middle Class in History and Theory?	1
2.	The Black Middle Class: A Conceptual Moving Target?	35
3.	Those Snobbish “Clever” Blacks: Preconceived Notions of the Black Middle Class	65
4.	Thank You, but I Got this: Gender Dynamics Between Researchers and the Black Middle Class	85
5.	What do I Wear, and do I Eat their Food? Performing Middle Classness	113
6.	Conclusion	143
Bibliography		149
Index		165

About the Authors		vii
Acknowledgements		xiii
Preface: Implicating our Bodies in Researching The Black Middle Class		xvii
1.	Who is the Black Middle Class in History and Theory?	1
2.	The Black Middle Class: A Conceptual Moving Target?	35
3.	Those Snobbish “Clever” Blacks: Preconceived Notions of the Black Middle Class	65
4.	Thank You, but I Got this: Gender Dynamics Between Researchers and the Black Middle Class	85
5.	What do I Wear, and do I Eat their Food? Performing Middle Classness	113
6.	Conclusion	143
Bibliography		149
Index		165

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