Guess who's coming to dinner now? : multicultural conservatism in America / Angela D. Dillard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dillard, Angela D., 1965-

Series:

American history and culture (New York University Press)

American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Political activity--United States.

Minorities.

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

Group identity--Political aspects--United States.

Group identity.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

United States.

United States--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

United States--Social conditions--1980-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Guess who is coming to dinner now?

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now? Angela Dillard offers the first comparative analysis of a conservatism which today cuts across the boundaries of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. To be an African-American and a conservative, or a Latino who is also a conservative and a homosexual, is to occupy an awkward and contested political position. Dillard explores the philosophies, politics, and motivation of minority conservatives such as Ward Connerly, Glenn Loury, Linda Chavez, Clarence Thomas, and Bruce Bawer, as well as their tepid reception by both the Left and Right. Welcomed cautiously by the conservative movement, they have also frequently been excoriated by those African Americans, Latinos, women, and homosexuals who view their conservatism as betrayal. Dillard's comprehensive study, among the first to take the history and political implications of multicultural conservatism seriously, is a vital source for understanding contemporary American conservatism in all its forms.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface. The Problem of Definition

Introduction

Chapter 1. Malcolm X’s Words in Clarence Thomas’s Mouth

Chapter 2. Toward a Politics of Assimilation

Chapter 3. “I Write Myself, Therefore I Am”

Chapter 4. Strange Bedfellows

Conclusion. A Multicultural Right? Prospects and Pitfalls

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-4407-9

0-585-43478-6

OCLC:

784884462