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Using culture as an entry point, and informed by the work of
contemporary social theorists, the essays in this volume identify
and challenge sites where the representational dimension of social
life produces national identity through scripts of belonging, or
traces.
The contributors utilize empirically based studies of social
policy, political economy, and social institutions to offer a new
way of looking at the creation of meaning, representation, and
memory. They scrutinize subjects such as narratives in the U.S.
coal industry's change from digging mines to removing mountaintops;
war-related redress policies in post-World War II Japan; views of
masculinity linked to tequila, Pancho Villa, and the Mexican
Revolution; and the politics of subjectivity in 1970s political
violence in Thailand.
Contributors: Sarah Banet-Weiser, U of Southern California;
Barbara A. Barnes, U of California, Berkeley; Marie Sarita Gaytan;
Avery F. Gordon, U of California, Santa Barbara; Tanya McNeill, U
of California, Santa Cruz; Sudarat Musikawong, Willamette U; Akiko
Naono, U of Kyushu; Rebecca R. Scott, U of Missouri.
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Racism Postrace (Paperback)
Roopali Mukherjee, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Herman Gray
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With the election of Barack Obama, the idea that American society
had become postracial-that is, race was no longer a main factor in
influencing and structuring people's lives-took hold in public
consciousness, increasingly accepted by many. The contributors to
Racism Postrace examine the concept of postrace and its powerful
history and allure, showing how proclamations of a postracial
society further normalize racism and obscure structural
antiblackness. They trace expressions of postrace over and through
a wide variety of cultural texts, events, and people, from sports
(LeBron James's move to Miami), music (Pharrell Williams's
"Happy"), and television (The Voice and HGTV) to public policy
debates, academic disputes, and technology industries. Outlining
how postrace ideologies confound struggles for racial justice and
equality, the contributors open up new critical avenues for
understanding the powerful cultural, discursive, and material
conditions that render postrace the racial project of our time.
Contributors. Inna Arzumanova, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Aymer Jean
Christian, Kevin Fellezs, Roderick A. Ferguson, Herman Gray, Eva C.
Hageman, Daniel Martinez HoSang, Victoria E. Johnson, Joseph
Lowndes, Roopali Mukherjee, Safiya Umoja Noble, Radhika
Parameswaran, Sarah T. Roberts, Catherine R. Squires, Brandi
Thompson Summers, Karen Tongson, Cynthia A. Young
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Racism Postrace (Hardcover)
Roopali Mukherjee, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Herman Gray
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R2,554
Discovery Miles 25 540
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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With the election of Barack Obama, the idea that American society
had become postracial-that is, race was no longer a main factor in
influencing and structuring people's lives-took hold in public
consciousness, increasingly accepted by many. The contributors to
Racism Postrace examine the concept of postrace and its powerful
history and allure, showing how proclamations of a postracial
society further normalize racism and obscure structural
antiblackness. They trace expressions of postrace over and through
a wide variety of cultural texts, events, and people, from sports
(LeBron James's move to Miami), music (Pharrell Williams's
"Happy"), and television (The Voice and HGTV) to public policy
debates, academic disputes, and technology industries. Outlining
how postrace ideologies confound struggles for racial justice and
equality, the contributors open up new critical avenues for
understanding the powerful cultural, discursive, and material
conditions that render postrace the racial project of our time.
Contributors. Inna Arzumanova, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Aymer Jean
Christian, Kevin Fellezs, Roderick A. Ferguson, Herman Gray, Eva C.
Hageman, Daniel Martinez HoSang, Victoria E. Johnson, Joseph
Lowndes, Roopali Mukherjee, Safiya Umoja Noble, Radhika
Parameswaran, Sarah T. Roberts, Catherine R. Squires, Brandi
Thompson Summers, Karen Tongson, Cynthia A. Young
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