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Zusatztext "In a crowded field of books interrogating the concept of whiteness! Off White clearly and deftly distinguishes itself from the pack. This superb collection emphasizes the materiality of white privilege and the ways whiteness is represented! expressed! and embedded in various social sites and institutions. We peer into the 'souls of white folks!' and consider the emergent politics and practices that can trouble! subvert! and challenge white racial privilege." -- Michael Omi! University of California! BerkeleyReviews of the First Edition"Off White is a highly valuable contribution to the debate on the connections between 'race' and power. The breadth of the theories and methodologies represented! not to mention the numerous insights provided by the authors! many of whom are committed to anti-racist pedagogies! makes Off White an intellectually stimulating and personally challenging book." -- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Informationen zum Autor Michelle Fine is Distinguished Professor of Social and Personality Psychology at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. Lois Weis is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Linda Powell Pruitt is a Senior Fellow at the Research Center for Leadership in Action, Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University. April Burns is a doctoral student in Social and Personality Psychology at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. Klappentext With a fascinating new introduction on the proliferation and development of the field of whiteness studies and updated essays throughout, this much-anticipated second ddition continues to redefine our understanding of race and society. Also inlcludes three maps. Zusammenfassung With an introduction focusing on the proliferation and development of the field of whiteness studies, this second edition redefines our understanding of race and society. It also includes three maps. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, Michelle Fine, Lois Weis, Linda Powell Pruitt and April Burns CONSTRUCTING. 1. Behind Blue Eyes: Whiteness and Contemporary U.S. Racial Politics, Howard Winant 2. How Did Jews Become White Folks? Karen Brodkin 3. Behind the Gates: Social Splitting and the Other, Setha Low 4. Black Infants and White Men: Tied into a Single Garment of Destiny, Ronald David 5. Keeping the White Queen in Play, Michael Billig 6. Race and the Politics of Educational Reform, Michael W. Apple LIVING. 7. Whites Are from Mars, O.J. is from Planet Hollywood: Blacks don't support O.J. and Whites Just Don't Get It, James M. Jones 8. Growing Up Girl: Psychosocial Explorations of Gender and Class, Valerie Walkerdine, Helen Lucey and June Melody 9. Adolescent Masculinity, Homophobia and Violence: Random School Shootings 1982-2001, Michael S. Kimmel and Matthew Mahler 10. Excavating a Moment in History: Privilege and Loss Inside White Working-Class Masculinity, Lois Weis, Amira Proweller, and Craig Centrie 11. Affirmative Action: Diversity, Merit, and the Benefit of White People, Faye J. Crosby and Stacy Blake-Beard REPRESENTING. 12. Race, Suburban Resentment, and the Representation of the Inner City in Contemporary Film and Television, Cameron McCarthy, Alida Rodriquez, Shuaib Meecham, Stephen David, Carrie Wilson-Brown, Heriberto Godina, K.E. Supryia, and Ed Buendia 13. The Revolution of Little Girls, Pat Macpherson 14. Representations of Race and Social Responsibility: News Stories About Neglect and Failure to Protect, Sarah Carney 15. Finding a Place to Pee and Other Struggles of Ethnography: Reflections on Race and Method, Mitch Duneier 16. White Experimenters, White Blood, and Other White Conditions: Locating the Psychologist's Race, Jill G. Morawski EDUCATING. 17. The Achieve...
