Everyday Forms of Whiteness - Understanding Race in a ''Post-Racial'' World

Informationen zum Autor Melanie E. L. Bush, is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Adelphi University and a Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of South Africa. Klappentext The second edition of this groundbreaking book incorporates data and interviews to show how the everyday thinking of ordinary people contributes to the perpetuation of systemic racialized inequality. Zusammenfassung The second edition of this groundbreaking book incorporates data and interviews to show how the everyday thinking of ordinary people contributes to the perpetuation of systemic racialized inequality. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of AbbreviationsForeword by Joe R. FeaginPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: The Here and NowChapter 2: White, Black, and Places "In Between"Chapter 3: American Identity, Democracy, the Flag, and the Foreign-Born ExperienceChapter 4: Making Sense, Nonsense, and No Sense of Race and RulesChapter 5: Poverty, Wealth, Discrimination, and PrivilegeChapter 6: Cracks in the Wall of Whiteness: Desperately Seeking Agency and OptimismEpilogue: How Things Change as They Remain the SameAfterwordBibliographyNotesIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Melanie E. L. Bush, Bush Melanie E. L.
• Assisted by: Feagin Joe R. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2011
• EAN: 9780742599970
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-9997-0
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America; Perspectives on a Multiracial; Perspectives on a Multiracial America
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Social discrimination & inequality, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General