White Women, Race Matters - The Social Construction of Whiteness

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Frankenberg is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of California at Davis. Klappentext Traditional debates concerning racially hierarchical societies have tended to focus on the experience of being black. White Women, Race Matters breaks with this tradition by focusing on the particular ecperiences of white women in a racially hierarchical society. By considering the ways in which their experience not only contributes to but challenges the reproduction of racism, the work offers a rigorous examination of existing methodologies, practices and assumptions concerning racism and gender relations. Supported by extracts from in-depth life history interviews, White Women, Race Matters provides valuable course material. Zusammenfassung With extracts from in-depth life history interviews, this unique book examines the experiences of white women in a racially hierarchical society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Points of Origin, Points of Departure 2. White on White: The Interviewees and the Method 3. Growing Up White: The Social Geography of Race 4. Race, Sex, and Intimacy I: Mapping a Discourse 5. Race, Sex, and Intimacy II: Interracial Couples and Interracial Parenting 6. Thinking Through Race 7. Questions of Culture and Belonging Epilogue: Racism, Antiracism, and the Meaning of Whiteness

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Frankenberg, Rut Frankenburg, Ruth Frankenburg, Frankenburg Rut
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.1993
• EAN: 9780415105118
• ISBN: 978-0-415-10511-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Social Construction of Whitene; Social Construction of Whitene
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social discrimination & inequality, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Physical anthropology, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General