Africana Social Stratification

James L. Conyers Jr. is director of the African American Studies Program, director of the Center for African American Culture, and university professor of African American Studies at the University of Houston.

• Chapter 1: Africana Sociology and Economics: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Black Social StratificationJames L. Conyers Jr.Chapter 2: The Emerging Field of Stratification Economics: A Unified Social Science Theory of Race and Inequality? Greg PriceChapter 3: Frontstage and Backstage Racial Performances: The Contributions of Backstage Methodological ResearchBrittany SlattonChapter 4: “Girls Can’t Play No Ball”: The Invisibility of Black Woman Athletes in FilmDrew BrownChapter 5: Pan-African Belize: A Case for PraxisDevon LeeChapter 6: Insights Regarding Black-White Economic Inequality from Stratification EconomicsJames B. StewartChapter 7: A New Era for Labor? The Promises and Perils of the Fast Food Workers Strike MovementMarcia Walker McWilliamsChapter 8: Affirming or Dis-confirming America's Promise: Attitudes about Affirmative Action Among Black Americans and Black ImmigrantsAnthony D. Greene, LaTasha Chaffin, Maruice Mangum, and Jason SheltonChapter 9: An Obsolete People? The Precarious Position of African Americans in the Twenty-First-Century EconomyRobert E. WeemsChapter 10: New (Pan)-Africanism or Neoliberal Globalization? Introducing Nigeria’s Afri-capitalism and South Africa’s Ubuntu BusinessKiki Odezie

James Conyers, as Africana Social Stratification: An Interdisciplinary Study of Economics, Policy, and Labor demonstrates,remains the dominant organizer of intellectual cadres of social and behavioral thinking in the field of Africana Studies. This insightful book brings together some of the key theorists and interpreters of social stratification. In my opinion, Conyers' book is long overdue and must be read by those who entertain the idea that they know something about contemporary society. I highly recommend this work for my colleagues and students.