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Description for Tightrope
Tightrope explores changes in American attitudes that made it possible to elect a black President. Gail Garfield weaves her own experiences with broader racial history to trace the remarkable shift. Her scholarship explores the complex intersection of race, class, and gender. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Tightrope: A Racial Journey to the Age of Obama explores race and politics in the United States, addressing racial inequalities and injustices that have led to a point in history where, seemingly improbably, Americans have elected (and re-elected) a black man as president. We, as a nation, have taken precarious steps to arrive at the age of Obama, while remaining steeped in contradictions. Our steps on this racial tightrope are a work in progress—a history in the making—that will largely influence who we are and who we hope to become as Americans. Gail Garfield retraces our steps along ... Read more
Tightrope: A Racial Journey to the Age of Obama explores race and politics in the United States, addressing racial inequalities and injustices that have led to a point in history where, seemingly improbably, Americans have elected (and re-elected) a black man as president. We, as a nation, have taken precarious steps to arrive at the age of Obama, while remaining steeped in contradictions. Our steps on this racial tightrope are a work in progress—a history in the making—that will largely influence who we are and who we hope to become as Americans. Gail Garfield retraces our steps along ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442224230
SKU
V9781442224230
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Gail Garfield
Gail Garfield is associate professor of sociology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. As an advocate for poor women and children, Garfield has been active in efforts to reshape social policies and practices in the areas of child welfare, public housing, foster care, drug treatment for women, and violence against women. She is the author of two ... Read more
Reviews for Tightrope
Race in America swells with ironies and tensions. Why is racial inequality shrinking in some areas but expanding in others? How is it that the same nation that incarcerates so many black men also elected Barack Obama as president? In this lucid and smart book that blends biography with history, Gail Garfield reveals how we got here and where we ... Read more