Nationalism's bloody terrain : racism, class inequality, and the politics of recognition / edited by George Baca.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baca, George, editor.

Series:

Critical interventions ; Volume 8.

Critical interventions: a forum for social analysis ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism.

Equality.

Multiracial people--Political activity.

Multiracial people.

Minorities--Political activity.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 110 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As many scholars have argued, racism and its passions are created by and subordinated to the nation. This volume places the practices of racism at the center of analysis of so-called post-racist or multi cultural nation-states. This way, each contributor analytically treats racism and its related concepts of race, identity, culture, and naturalizing symbols of blood to highlight the manner in which governing institutions use nationalist precepts to create "races". In the end, it is racism - the actual political practices of domination - that makes "race" salient, especially in its multi-cultural and liberal-democratic form.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: Politics of Recognition and Myths of Race

Narrating a Nation through Mixed Bloods

The Making and Unmaking(?) of a Malay Race

What’s Love Got to Do with It? The Race of Freedom and the Drag of Descent

The Politics of Moral Order: A Brief Anatomy of Racing

Second-Hand Dreams

Disappearing Act: Race and the Neo-liberal State

The End of Social Construction: What Comes Next?

Notes on Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782387633

1782387633

9781845452353

1845452356

OCLC:

1046990315