ISBN:
9780803942561
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (333 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
SAGE Series on Race and Ethnic Relations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Essed, Philomena, 1955 - Understanding everyday racism
Keywords:
Prejudices
;
Race relations ; Research ; Methodology
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Racism
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Electronic books
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Rassismus
;
Alltag
;
Soziales Handeln
Abstract:
This book compares contemporary racism in the US and the Netherlands through in-depth interviews with fifty-five 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 it is experienced; how black women recognize its covert manifestations; how they acquire this knowledge; and how they challenge racism in everyday life. To answer th
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Toward an Integration of Macro and Micro Dimensions of Racism; Chapter 2 - Methodological Questions; Chapter 3 - Knowledge and Comprehension of Everyday Racism; Chapter 4 - Analyzing Accounts of Racism; Chapter 5 - The Integration of Racism Into Everyday Life: The Story of Rosa N.; Chapter 6 - The Structure of Everyday Racism; Chapter 7 - Conclusions; References; Index; About the Author;
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