The Love Jones Cohort: Single & Living Alone in the Black Middle Class
Tue, Jul 11
|Sankofa Video, Books, & Café
Join us for a conversation between Kris Marsh author of The Love Jones Cohort: Single & Living Alone in the Black Middle Class and Christina Joy!


Time & Location
Jul 11, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Sankofa Video, Books, & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
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About the book:
Drawing from stratification economics, intersectionality, and respectability politics, The Love Jones Cohort centers on the voices and lifestyles of members of the Black middle class who are single and living alone (SALA). While much has been written about both the Black middle class and the rise of singlehood, this book represents a first foray into bridging these two concepts. In studying these intersections, The Love Jones Cohort provides a more nuanced understanding of how race, gender, and class, coupled with social structures, shape five central lifestyle factors of Black middle-class adults who are SALA. The book explores how these Black adults define family and friends and decide on whether and how to pursue romantic relationships, articulate the ebbs and flows of being Black and middle class, select where to live and why, accumulate and disseminate wealth, and maintain overall health, well-being, and coping mechanisms.
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