White identities : a critical sociological approach / Simon Clarke and Steve Garner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Simon, 1962-

Contributor:

Garner, Steve, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--Race identity.

White people.

Physical Description:

vii, 242 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2010.

Summary:

The study of white ethnicities is becoming increasingly important in the social sciences. This book provides a critical introduction to the topic. Whiteness has traditionally been seen as "ethnically transparent" - the marker against which other ethnicities are measured. This analysis is clearly incorrect, but only recently have many race and ethnicity scholars moved away from focusing on ethnic minorities and instead oriented their studies around the construction of white identities. Simon Clarke and Steve Garner's book is designed to guide students as they explore how white identities are forged using both sociological and psycho-social ideas. Including an excellent survey of the existing literature and original research from the UK, this book will be an invaluable guide for sociology students taking modules in race and ethnicity.

Contents:

Researching 'whiteness' : an introduction

Whiteness studies in the context of the USA

Empirical research into white racialised identities in Britain

Britishness

Whiteness and post-imperial Britain

Psycho-social interpretations of cultural identity : constructing the white 'we'

Media representations : constructing the 'not white' other

Whiteness, home and community

Researching whiteness : psycho-social methodologies

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-236) and index.

ISBN:

9780745327488

0745327486

0745327494

9780745327495

OCLC:

430839570