Background
Banks, Patricia A. was born on March 18, 1976 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of James A. and Cherry A. Banks.
( Patricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta ar...)
Patricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta art worlds to uncover how black identities are cultivated through black art patronage. Drawing on over 100 in-depth interviews, observations at arts events, and photographs of art displayed in homes, Banks elaborates a racial identity theory of consumption that highlights how upper-middle class blacks forge black identities for themselves and their children through the consumption of black visual art. She not only challenges common assumptions about elite cultural participation, but also contributes to the heated debate about the significance of race for elite blacks, and illuminates recent art world developments. In doing so, Banks documents how the salience of race extends into the cultural life of even the most socioeconomically successful blacks.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/041565405X/?tag=2022091-20
( Patricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta ar...)
Patricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta art worlds to uncover how black identities are cultivated through black art patronage. Drawing on over 100 in-depth interviews, observations at arts events, and photographs of art displayed in homes, Banks elaborates a racial identity theory of consumption that highlights how upper-middle class blacks forge black identities for themselves and their children through the consumption of black visual art. She not only challenges common assumptions about elite cultural participation, but also contributes to the heated debate about the significance of race for elite blacks, and illuminates recent art world developments. In doing so, Banks documents how the salience of race extends into the cultural life of even the most socioeconomically successful blacks.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415800609/?tag=2022091-20
Banks, Patricia A. was born on March 18, 1976 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of James A. and Cherry A. Banks.
Bachelor, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, 1998. AM, Harvard University, Cambridge, 2003. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, 2006.
Assistant professor sociology Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, since 2006.
( Patricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta ar...)
( Patricia A. Banks traverses the New York and Atlanta ar...)
Member of American Sociological Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.