White women, race matters : the social construction of whiteness / Ruth Frankenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frankenberg, Ruth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interracial marriage--United States.

Interracial marriage.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Women, White--United States--Interviews.

Women, White.

Women, White--United States--Social conditions.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 (1994 printing)

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditional debates concerning racially hierarchical societies have tended to focus on the experience of being black. White Women, Race Matters breaks with this tradition by focusing on the particular experiences of white women in a racially hierarchical society. By considering the ways in which their experience not only contributes to but challenges the reproduction of racism, the work offers a rigorous examination of existing methodologies, practices and assumptions concerning racism and gender relations.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Points of Origin, Points of Departure; 2. White on White: The Interviewees and the Method; 3. Growing Up White: The Social Geography of Race; 4. Race, Sex, and Intimacy I: Mapping a Discourse; 5. Race, Sex, and Intimacy II: Interracial Couples and Interracial Parenting; 6. Thinking Through Race; 7. Questions of Culture and Belonging; Epilogue: Racism, Antiracism, and the Meaning of Whiteness; Appendix: The Women Who Were Interviewed; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8509-6

9780816685097

OCLC:

560392128