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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785026403321

Autore

Hartigan John <1964->

Titolo

What can you say? [[electronic resource] ] : America's national conversation on race / / John Hartigan Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8047-7466-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Racism - United States

Post-racialism - United States

Communication and culture - United States

United States Race relations

United States Race relations Press coverage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. From Gangsta Parties to the Postracial Promised Land: A Year of Race Stories; 2. Waking Up to Race with Imus in the Morning; 3. Narrating Nooses: Locating the Role of Race in Jena, LA; 4. "Race Doesn't Matter": Manic Glimpses of a Postracial Future; 5. Conversation Stoppers: Apologies All Around; 6. Our Unfinished Conversation; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Treats our ""National Conversation on Race"" as a site for cultural analysis, examining a watershed year of news stories that challenged our notions of what is racial-or not.