Desiring Whiteness - A Lacanian Analysis of Race (Paperback)

Desiring Whiteness provides a compelling new interpretation of how we understand race. Race is often seen to be a social construction. Nevertheless, we continue to deploy race thinking in our everyday life as a way of telling people apart visually.
How do subjects become raced? Is it common sense to read bodies as racially marked? Employing Lacan's theories of the subject and sexual difference, Seshadri-Crooks explores how the discourse of race parallels that of sexual difference in making racial identity a fundamental component of our thinking.
Through close readings of literary and film texts, Seshardi-Crooks also investigates whether race is a system of difference equally determined by Whiteness. She argues that it is in relation to Whiteness that systems of racial classification are organized, endowing it with a power to shape human difference.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Opening Out: Feminism for Today
Release date:	May 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-19255-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-19255-2
Barcode:	9780415192552

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