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Race Struggles
Theodore Koditschek
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Description for Race Struggles
Paperback. Examining the material conditions of race and its relation to class and gender Editor(s): Koditschek, Theodore; Cha-Jua, Sundiata Keita; Neville, Helen A. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
This collection is a contribution to the ongoing examination of race and its relation to class and gender. The essays in the volume start with the premise that although race, like class and gender, is socially constructed, all three categories have been shaped profoundly by their context in a capitalist society. Race, in other words, is a historical category that develops not only in dialectical relation to class and gender but also in relation to the material conditions in which all three are forged.
This collection is a contribution to the ongoing examination of race and its relation to class and gender. The essays in the volume start with the premise that although race, like class and gender, is socially constructed, all three categories have been shaped profoundly by their context in a capitalist society. Race, in other words, is a historical category that develops not only in dialectical relation to class and gender but also in relation to the material conditions in which all three are forged.
These assumptions underlie the organization of the volume, which is divided into three parts: "Racial ... Read more
In addition to discussing and analyzing various dimensions of the African American experience, contributors also consider the ways in which race plays itself out in the experience of Asian Americans and in the very different geopolitical environments of the British Empire and postcolonial Africa.
Contributors are Pedro Cabán, Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, David Crockett, Theodore Koditschek, Scott Kurashige, Clarence Lang, Minkah Makalani, Helen A. Neville, Tola Olu Pearce, David Roediger, Monica M. White, and Jeffrey Williams.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076480
SKU
V9780252076480
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About Theodore Koditschek
Theodore Koditschek is an associate professor of history at the University of Missouri and the author of Class Formation and Urban Industrial Society: Bradford, 1750-1850.Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua is an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of America's First Black Town, Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915.Helen A. Neville is a professor of educational psychology and ... Read more
Reviews for Race Struggles
"Emphasizing the material bases of racial dynamics and the interplay among race, class, and gender, this stimulating volume provides a challenge and an analytical alternative to contemporary postmodernist discussions of race."
James B. Stewart, coauthor of Introduction to African American Studies: Transdisciplinary Approaches and Implications "A provocative, integrative approach to looking at race that takes capitalism seriously. The contributors utilize a ... Read more
James B. Stewart, coauthor of Introduction to African American Studies: Transdisciplinary Approaches and Implications "A provocative, integrative approach to looking at race that takes capitalism seriously. The contributors utilize a ... Read more