Talking about race : community dialogues and the politics of difference / Katherine Cramer Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cramer, Katherine J. (Katherine Jean)

Series:

Studies in communication, media, and public opinion.

Studies in communication, media, and public opinion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intergroup relations--United States.

Intergroup relations.

Discussion.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is a perennial question: how should Americans deal with racial and ethnic diversity? More than 400 communities across the country have attempted to answer it by organizing discussions among diverse volunteers in an attempt to improve race relations. In Talking about Race, Katherine Cramer Walsh takes an eye-opening look at this strategy to reveal the reasons behind the method and the effects it has in the cities and towns that undertake it.With extensive observations of community dialogues, interviews with the discussants, and sophisticated analysis of national d

Contents:

Race, dialogue, and the practice of community life

Unity and difference in civic life

Public talk that aims to listen to difference

The community choice to pursue interracial dialogue

Choosing the action of talk

Negotiating unity and difference

Scrutinizing and listening to stories

Authority and legitimacy in dialogue

Public officials and residents in dialogue

Beyond romance and demons.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-331) and index.

ISBN:

9786611966751

9780226869087

0226869083

9781281966759

1281966754

OCLC:

476229286