Race

Race offers a comprehensive and compelling introduction to the study of the idiom and charts significant contemporary attempts to go beyond the limits posed by the terms ‘race’ and ‘racism’.

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Race offers a compelling introduction to the study of ideas related to race throughout history. Its breadth of coverage, both geographically and temporally, provides readers with an expansive, global understanding of the term from the classical period onwards. This concise guide offers an overview of:






Intersections of Race and Gender
Race and Social Theory
Identity, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Whiteness
Legislative and Judicial Markings of Difference
Race in South Africa, Israel, East Asia, Asian America
Blackness in a Global Context
Race in the History of Science
Critical Race Theory

This clear and engaging study is essential reading for students of Literature, Culture, and Race.