Race, nation, and religion in the Americas / edited by Henry Goldschmidt and Elizabeth McAlister.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldschmidt, Henry.

McAlister, Elizabeth A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews.

History.

Black people.

Religion.

Race relations.

America--Race relations--History.

America.

America--Religion.

Black people--America--Religion.

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

Indigenous peoples--Religion.

Indigenous peoples.

Indians--Religion.

Jews--America--History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This collection of all new essays will explore the complex and unstable articulations of race and religion that have helped to produce "Black," "White," "Creole," "Indian," "Asian," and other racialized identities and communities in the Americas. Drawing on original research in a range of disciplines, the authors will investigate: 1) how the intertwined categories of race and religion have defined, and been defined by, global relations of power and inequality; 2) how racial and religious identities shape the everyday lives of individuals and communities; and 3) how racialized and marginalized communities use religion and religious discourses to contest the persistent power of racism in societies structured by inequality. Taken together, these essays will define a new standard of critical conversation on race and religion throughout the Americas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195149181

019514919X

OCLC:

53231939