Beyond black & white : race, ethnicity, and gender in the U.S. South and Southwest / edited by Stephanie Cole & Alison M. Parker, introduction by Nancy A. Hewitt ; by Laura F. Edwards ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cole, Stephanie, 1962-

Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965-

Edwards, Laura F.

Series:

Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; 35.

Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; no. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Sex role.

Ethnicity.

Ethnic relations.

Race relations.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States.

Southwest, New--Race relations.

Southern States--Ethnic relations.

Southwest, New--Ethnic relations.

Ethnicity--Southern States.

Ethnicity--Southwest, New.

Sex role--Southern States.

Sex role--Southwest, New.

Southern States--Social conditions.

Southwest, New--Social conditions.

New Southwest.

Physical Description:

xxx, 144 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Beyond black and white

Place of Publication:

College Station : Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A & M University Press, [2004]

Summary:

Americans have traditionally treated race relations as a matter of black and white, race in this country is much more complex. Beyond Black and White: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the U.S. South and Southwest brings new perspectives to the oversimplification of racial categories and new insight into the complexity of social relationships in these two important regions. Although the topics covered range from law in the South in the nineteenth century to political activism by Mexican Americans in the twentieth century, they begin with a common viewpoint: If we are to understand the complexity of race in the United States, we must go beyond thinking in black and white. This volume provides links between ideas and events within Southern history to those of the Southwest. In their various chapters, the seven contributors illustrate that elites' common (and inaccurate) use of dichotomous categories to describe social relationships -- not only black and white, but also male and female, slave and free, dependent and independent -- have shored up white power in both regions. Together they illustrate multilevel social diversity and demonstrate that acceptance then and now of simple binaries has impeded efforts by groups outside those categories to claim recognition, rights, and privileges on their own terms. All those interested in race and public policy as well as social activism concerned with racial, ethnic, and gender issues will find in these thoughtprovoking analyses a doorway to deeper understanding.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The People's Sovereignty and the Law: Defining Gender, Race, and Class Differences in the Antebellum South / Laura F. Edwards 3

Chapter 2. Muerto por Unos Desconocidos (Killed by Persons Unknown): Mob Violence against Blacks and Mexicans / William D. Carrigan, Clive Webb 35

Chapter 3. Finding Race in Turn-of-the-Century Dallas / Stephanie Cole 75

Chapter 4. Being American in Boley, Oklahoma / Sarah Deutsch 97

Chapter 5. Partly Colored or Other White: Mexican Americans and Their Problem with the Color Line / Neil Foley 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1585442976

1585443190

OCLC:

52203055