Race

List of contents

Introduction Part I: Fixing the fetters of race Chapter 1: Marking barbarians, Muslims, Jews, Ethiopians, Africans, Moors, or blacks Chapter 2: Pseudo-scientific markings of difference Part II: Recasting the fetters of race Chapter 3: Legislative, governmental, and judicial markings of difference Chapter 4: Slavery and race Part III: Loosening the fetters of face Chapter 5: Race and epistemologies of otherness Conclusion: race in the world

About the author

Martin Orkin is a Professor at the University of Haifa in Israel, where he teaches in the departments of Theatre and English.
Alexa Alice Joubin is a Professor of English, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Literatures at George Washington University, USA, where she co-founded the Digital Humanities Institute.

Summary

Race offers a comprehensive and compelling introduction to the study of the idiom and charts significant contemporary attempts to go beyond the limits posed by the terms ‘race’ and ‘racism’.

Product details

• Authors: Alexa Joubin, Alexa (George Washington University) Joubin, Alexa Alice Joubin, Alexa Alice (George Washington University) Joubin, Orkin, Martin Orkin, Martin (University of Haifa Orkin, Martin (University of Haifa Israel) Orkin, Martin (University of Haifa Israel) Joubin Orkin, Martin Joubin Orkin, Orkin Martin
• Assisted by: John Drakakis (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138904682
• ISBN: 978-1-138-90468-2
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: The New Critical Idiom; New Critical Idiom (Hardcover); The New Critical Idiom
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism