Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral, Stanford University). Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-259) and index.
Contents:
The resurgence of damage imagery : representations of the Black psyche in an age of conservative reform, 1981-1996. No consensus, no crisis, no outrage : the experts and Black personality, 1919-1945 -- "Matriarchies" without damaged personalities : the Black family in social science imagery, 1928-1945 -- Of pride and scientism : racial and professional ideologies and the muted image of the damaged Black psyche -- Plumbing for damage : the Black psyche in postwar social science -- The mark of oppression : liberal ideology and damage imagery in postwar social science -- Justifying equality : damage imagery, Brown v. Board of Education, and the American creed -- Beyond the American creed : damage imagery and the struggle for race-conscious programs -- Defining pride and redefining racism : the radical assault on liberal damage imagery, 1965-1980 -- The resurgence of damage imagery : representations of the Black psyche in an age of conservative reform, 1981-1996.
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