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<p>This article focuses on a group of middle- and upper-class individuals of sub-Saharan descent in France and the UK to investigate the underexplored role of Black cultural consumption in the construction of racial identifications. The analysis is structured through three empirical sections. The first shows how respondents draw on Black cultural goods to cultivate plural repertoires of Black identification shaped by national, African, and global influences. The second highlights how class fractions mediate the appropriation of different forms of Black cultural capital and emphasizes the role of university education, parental influence and, to a lesser extent, friends, partners, and neighborhood socialization. The final section explores how the national contexts shape cultural consumption through colonial legacies and the persisting influence of different racial formations. Respondents engage with works by authors from former French or British colonies, and British participants report greater public visibility of Black African culture than their French counterparts.</p>

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Consuming Black cultural goods, nurturing Blackness: intersections of race and class in France and the UK

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    2025年11月2日

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  • Élodie Druez

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This article focuses on a group of middle- and upper-class individuals of sub-Saharan descent in France and the UK to investigate the underexplored role of Black cultural consumption in the construction of racial identifications. The analysis is structured through three empirical sections. The first shows how respondents draw on Black cultural goods to cultivate plural repertoires of Black identification shaped by national, African, and global influences. The second highlights how class fractions mediate the appropriation of different forms of Black cultural capital and emphasizes the role of university education, parental influence and, to a lesser extent, friends, partners, and neighborhood socialization. The final section explores how the national contexts shape cultural consumption through colonial legacies and the persisting influence of different racial formations. Respondents engage with works by authors from former French or British colonies, and British participants report greater public visibility of Black African culture than their French counterparts.