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Skin color, power, and politics in America / Mara C. Ostfeld and Nicole D. Yadon.
LIBRA E185.615 .O837 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ostfeld, Mara Cecilia, author.
- Yadon, Nicole, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race awareness--United States.
- Race awareness.
- Human skin color--Political aspects.
- Human skin color.
- Human skin color--Social aspects.
- Human skin color--Social aspects--United States.
- Human skin color--Political aspects--United States.
- Ethnicity--United States.
- Ethnicity.
- Power (Social sciences)--United States.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Race relations.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 263 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The authors explore the meaning of skin color in contemporary American society, with an eye toward the ways in which skin color is intertwined with political views. They study the construction of racialized identities and its relationship to social and economic disparities in the United States. The book includes both human- and machine-assessed measures of skin color in a survey that considers political attitudes"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Color of Our Politics and the Politics of Our Color
- ch. 2 The Roots of Race: Skin Color, Ethnoracial Identity, and the Broader Racial Construct
- ch. 3 A Theory of Ethnoracial Boundaries and Politics
- ch. 4 The Color We See? Measuring Skin Tone in the U.S. Mass Public
- ch. 5 The Relationship between Skin Color, Ethnoracial Identification, and Socioeconomic Status
- ch. 6 The Relationship between Skin Color, Ethnoracial Identification, and Political Views
- ch. 7 Conclusion: Making Sense of Skin Color and Politics in America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ostfeld, Mara Cecilia. Skin color, power, and politics in America
- ISBN:
- 9780871546371
- 087154637X
- OCLC:
- 1286071580
- Publisher Number:
- 99990869001
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