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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793176703321

Autore

Lee Fred <1979->

Titolo

Extraordinary racial politics : four events in the informal Constitution of the United States / / Fred Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4399-1577-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Disciplina

305.80973

Soggetti

Racism - Political aspects - United States

African Americans - Civil rights

Indians, Treatment of - North America - History

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

United States Race relations Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An introduction into extraordinary racial politics -- Racial re-foundations and the rise of the nation-state -- Racial removal contracts and the nomos of the new world -- Racial states of exception and the decision on enmity -- Racial counter-publics and the power of judgment -- A reaffirmation of extraordinary racial politics.

Sommario/riassunto

"Extraordinary Racial Politics seeks to generate intellectual exchange between ethnic studies and political theory by examining the relationship between quotidian racial experience and periodic mass racial crisis in the United States. It addresses four case studies: The civil rights movement, racial power movements, mass-scale Indian removals, and wartime Japanese internment"--