Extraordinary racial politics : four events in the informal Constitution of the United States / Fred Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Fred, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans.

Indians, Treatment of.

History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Racism--Political aspects.

United States--Race relations--Case studies.

United States.

Race relations.

North America.

Racism--Political aspects--United States--Case studies.

Racism.

African Americans--Civil rights--United States--Case studies.

African Americans.

Indians, Treatment of--North America--History--Case studies.

Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 229 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Extraordinary Racial Politics seeks to generate intellectual exchange between ethnic studies and political theory by examining the relationship between quotidian racial experience and periodic mass racial crisis in the United States. It addresses four case studies: The civil rights movement, racial power movements, mass-scale Indian removals, and wartime Japanese internment"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An introduction into extraordinary racial politics

Racial re-foundations and the rise of the nation-state

Racial removal contracts and the nomos of the new world

Racial states of exception and the decision on enmity

Racial counter-publics and the power of judgment

A reaffirmation of extraordinary racial politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lee, Fred, 1979- author. Extraordinary racial politics

ISBN:

9781439915752

143991575X

9781439915769

1439915768

OCLC:

1026723686