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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812846403321

Autore

Gabriel John <1951->

Titolo

Racism, culture, markets / / John Gabriel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

1-280-53934-8

9786610539345

1-134-86776-X

0-203-13136-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Racism

Race awareness

Blacks - Race identity

Ethnic attitudes

Culture conflict

Popular culture

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 (p. 200-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; RACISM, CULTURE, MARKETS; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part I HISTORIES AND CONTEXTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 HISTORY AS PRESENT: PRESENT AS HISTORY; Part II INSTITUTIONAL SITES; 3 'THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOMEPLACE': RACISM, ETHNICITY AND THE FAMILY; 4 CONSUMING EDUCATION; 5 'UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES': MCDONALD'S, MARKETS AND EQUALITY; Part III GLOBAL THEMES; 6 GLOBAL JOURNEYS; 7 EUROPE: 1992 AND BEYOND; CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Racism, Culture, Markets explores the connections between cultural representations of `race' and their historical, institutional and global forms of expression and impact. John Gabriel examines the current fixation with market place philosophies in terms of the crisis in anti-racist politics and concern over questions of cultural identity. He explores issues such as the continuing relevance of terms like `black' as a basis for self definition; the need to think about identities in more



fluid and complex ways, and the need to develop a much more explicit discussion of the construct