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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828668403321

Autore

Essed Philomena <1955->

Titolo

Understanding everyday racism : an interdisciplinary theory / / Philomena Essed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newbury Park, : Sage Publications, c1991

ISBN

9781483345239

1483345238

9781452253336

1452253331

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 322 pages)

Collana

Sage series on race and ethnic relations ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Prejudices

Race relations - Research - Methodology

Racism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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