Weaponized Whiteness - The Constructions and Deconstructions of White Identity Politics

This study of of white supremacy and white identity politics is thorough, insightful, and sociologically grounded.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1
Terrors in the Constructions of White Identity Politics

1 U.S."Savage" Wars and White Terror

2 The Past of Present Terrors

3 White Identity Politics and the Terrors of Trumpism
Part 2
Dilemmas in the Deconstructions of White Identity Politics

4 Unveiling Whiteness: White Student Activists in the Civil Rights Movement

5 Exorcising the Ghosts of the Past: From Civil Rights Murders to Confederate Monuments

6 The Deconstruction of Whiteness in a "Post-racial" America

7 Challenging Weaponized Whiteness: Black Lives Matter

Conclusion

Epilogue

Afterword

Frank Joyce

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Fran Shor taught for 40 years at Wayne State University, retiring in 2014 as an Emeritus Professor of History. He has published three books and hundreds of articles on U.S. socio-cultural history in scholarly and popular journals.

Summary

This study of of white supremacy and white identity politics is thorough, insightful, and sociologically grounded.

Product details

• Authors: Fran Shor
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2020
• EAN: 9781642593648
• ISBN: 978-1-64259-364-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Studies in Critical Social Sci; Studies in Critical Social Sciences; Studies in Critical Social Science
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Political ideologies and movements, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General