Whiteness : an introduction / Steve Garner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garner, Steve, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--Race identity.

Racism.

Race discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is whiteness? Why is it worth using as a tool in the social sciences? Making sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book skilfully argues how this concept can help us understand contemporary societies. If one of sociology's objectives is to make the familiar unfamiliar in order to gain heightened understanding, then whiteness offers a perfect opportunity to do so.Leaning firstly on the North American corpus, this key book critically engages with writings on the formation of white identities in Britain, Ireland and the Americas, using multidisciplinary sources.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The political stakes of using whiteness; 1 Whiteness as terror and supremacy; 2 Whiteness as a kind of absence; 3 Whiteness as values, norms and cultural capital; 4 Whiteness as contingent hierarchies; 5 Whiteness in the Caribbean and Latin America; 6 Whiteness at the margins; 7 How the Irish became White (again); 8 'Asylumgration': the Others blur; 9 Racial purity, integration and the idea of home; Conclusion: In defence of the whiteness problematic; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-14060-6

1-280-95480-9

9786610954803

0-203-94559-X

OCLC:

316142829