Look, a white! : philosophical essays on whiteness /

Look, a White! returns the problem of whiteness to white people. Prompted by Eric Holder's charge, that as Americans, we are cowards when it comes to discussing the issue of race, noted philosopher George Yancy's essays map out a structure of whiteness.He considers whiteness within the con...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Yancy, George
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2012.
Zusammenfassung:
Look, a White! returns the problem of whiteness to white people. Prompted by Eric Holder's charge, that as Americans, we are cowards when it comes to discussing the issue of race, noted philosopher George Yancy's essays map out a structure of whiteness.He considers whiteness within the context of racial embodiment, film, pedagogy, colonialism, its ""danger,"" and its position within the work of specific writers. Identifying the embedded and opaque ways white power and privilege operate, Yancy argues that the Black countergaze can function as a ""gift"" to whites in terms
Umfang:
1 online resource (225 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613532060
9781280128189
1280128186
9781439908556
1439908559
Schlagworte:
Race.
Racism.
Race awareness.
White people > Race identity.
Black people > Race identity.
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