UID:
almafu_9959835086502883
Format:
1 online resource (280 p.)
ISBN:
9780271065748
Content:
Who is white, and why should we care? There was a time when the immigrants of New York City’s Lower East Side—the Irish, the Poles, the Italians, the Russian Jews—were not white, but now “they” are. There was a time when the French-speaking working classes of Quebec were told to “speak white,” that is, to speak English. Whiteness is an allegorical category before it is demographic.This volume gathers together some of the most influential scholars of privilege and marginalization in philosophy, sociology, economics, psychology, literature, and history to examine the idea of whiteness. Drawing from their diverse racial backgrounds and national origins, these scholars weave their theoretical insights into essays critically informed by personal narrative. This approach, known as “braided narrative,” animates the work of award-winning author Eula Biss. Moved by Biss’s fresh and incisive analysis, the editors have assembled some of the most creative voices in this dialogue, coming together across the disciplines. Along with the editors, the contributors are Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Nyla R. Branscombe, Drucilla Cornell, Lewis R. Gordon, Paget Henry, Ernest-Marie Mbonda, Peggy McIntosh, Mark McMorris, Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Victor Ray, Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Louise Seamster, Tracie L. Stewart, George Yancy, and Heidi A. Zetzer.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Foreword --
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Introduction: A Focus on White Privilege Through Personal Narratives --
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Part 1 Approaching White Privilege --
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1 Deprivileging Philosophy --
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2 White Privilege and the Problem with Affi rmative Action --
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3 Revisioning “White Privilege” --
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Part 2 The Images and Rhetoric of White Privilege --
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4 The Very Image of Privilege: Film Creation of White Transcendentals in Vienna and Hollywood --
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5 Painting and Negotiating Colors --
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6 I Was an Honorary White Man: Reflections on Space, Place, and Origin --
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Part 3 Troubling Privilege --
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7 Whiteness as Insidious: On the Embedded and Opaque White Racist Self --
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8 White Privilege: The Luxury of Undivided Attention --
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9 The Costs of Privilege and Dividends of Privilege Awareness: The Social Psychology of Confronting Inequality --
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10 Unpacking the Imperialist Knapsack: White Privilege and Imperialism in Obama’s America --
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Part 4 Other Perspectives on White and Western Privilege --
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11 Whiteness and Africana Political Economy --
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12 The Great White North: Failing Muslim Canadians, Failing Us All --
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13 Rethinking Ethical Feminism Through uBuntu --
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14 The Afrocentrist Critique of Eurocentrism: The Decolonization of Knowledge --
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List of Contributors --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780271065748
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271065748
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271065748
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