Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality - Intimate Intersections, Forbidden Frontiers

Klappentext What do race! ethnicity and nationalism have to do with sex! and vice versa? This book explores how race is sexed and sex is raced! using examples to examine how sex shapes ideas and feelings about race! ethnicity and national identity and how sexual images! fears and desires shape racial! ethnic and national stereotypes and conflicts. Nagel skilfully blends styles of enquiry and interpretation from the social sciences and humanities to craft a convincing andilluminating account using images! poetry! fieldwork! internet postings! interviews! literature! ethnographies! historical texts! archival documents! biographies! census data! journals! and personal accounts. Zusammenfassung What do race, ethnicity and nationalism have to do with sex, and vice versa? This book explores how race is sexed and sex is raced, using examples to examine how sex shapes ideas and feelings about race, ethnicity and national identity and how sexual images, fears and desires shape racial, ethnic and national stereotypes and conflicts. Nagel skilfully blends styles of enquiry and interpretation from the social sciences and humanities to craft a convincing and illuminating account using images, poetry, fieldwork, internet postings, interviews, literature, ethnographies, historical texts, archival documents, biographies, census data, journals, and personal accounts.

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• Authors: Joane Nagel, Joane (University Distinguished Professor Nagel, Nagel Joane
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2003
• EAN: 9780195127478
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512747-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies