Understanding everyday racism :: an interdisciplinary theory /

"While there are numerous studies of racism and racial inequality at the macro-level of analysis, there has been little work done on the experience of everyday racism for black people. Philomena Essed's ... work fills this gap. This ... volume compares contemporary racism in the United Sta...

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1. Verfasser: Essed, Philomena, 1955-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newbury Park, California : Sage Publications, [1991]
Schriftenreihe:Sage series on race and ethnic relations ; v. 2.
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Zusammenfassung:"While there are numerous studies of racism and racial inequality at the macro-level of analysis, there has been little work done on the experience of everyday racism for black people. Philomena Essed's ... work fills this gap. This ... volume compares contemporary racism in the United States and the Netherlands through in-depth interview data from more than 2,000 experiences of black women. As an interdisciplinary analysis of gendered social constructions of racism, it breaks new ground. Essed problematizes and reinterprets many of the meanings and everyday practices that the majority of society has come to take for granted. She addresses crucial but largely neglected dimensions of racism: How is racism experienced in everyday situations? How do black women recognize covert expressions of racism? What knowledge of racism do black women have, and how is this knowledge acquired? How do they challenge racism in everyday life? To answer these questions, over two thousand experiences of black women are analyzed within a theoretical framework that integrates the disciplines of macro- and micro-sociology, social psychology, discourse analysis, race relations theory, and women's studies. Samples include only black women with higher education. Many of their experiences of racism involve the "elite" among the dominant group. The book seriously challenges both the notion of Dutch tolerance and the idea that U.S. racism is a problem of the past"--From publisher's description.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 322 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-318) and index.
ISBN:9781452253336
1452253331
9781483345239
1483345238