| Whiteness Fractured. by Cynthia Levine-Rasky Contributor(s): Levine-Rasky, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138250767 ISBN-13: 9781138250765 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.809 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.81 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whiteness Fractured examines the many ways in which whiteness is conceptualized today and how it is understood to operate and to effect social relationships. Exploring the intersections between whiteness, social class, ethnicity and psychosocial phenomena, this book is framed by the question of how whiteness works and what it does. With attention to central concepts and the history of whiteness, it explains the four ways in which whiteness works. In its examination of the outward and inward fractures of whiteness, the book sheds light on both its connections with social class and ethnicity and with the 'epistemology of ignorance' and the psychoanalytic. Representing the long career of whiteness on the one hand and investigating its expansion into new areas on the other, Whiteness Fractured reflects the growing maturity of critical whiteness studies. It undertakes a critical analysis of approaches to whiteness and proposes new directions for future action and enquiry. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in race and ethnicity, intersectionality, colonialism and post-colonialism, and cultural studies. |