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Richard Delgado, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic

Critical White Studies

English · Paperback / Softback

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Description

Attacks such questions as: How was whiteness invented, and why? How has the category whiteness changed over time? Why did some immigrant groups, such as the Irish and Jews, start out as nonwhite and later become white? And, can some individual people be both white and nonwhite at different times, and what does it mean to 'pass for white'?

Summary

Condemns accepting whiteness as the norm. This book presents works from sociology, law, history, cultural studies, and literature.

Product details

Authors	Richard Delgado
Assisted by	Richard Delgado (Editor), Jean Stefancic (Editor)
Publisher	Temple University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	29.06.1997

EAN	9781566395328
ISBN	978-1-56639-532-8
No. of pages	704
Dimensions	174 mm x 251 mm x 32 mm
Weight	1188 g
Subject	Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

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