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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955518003321

Autore

Hughey Matthew W (Matthew Windust)

Titolo

White bound : nationalists, antiracists, and the shared meanings of race / / Matthew W. Hughey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

9780804783316

0804783314

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

White nationalism - United States

Anti-racism - United States

Race - Social aspects - United States

United States Race relations

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

Racists versus antiracists? -- Navigating white nationalists : national equality for all -- Everyday activities with antiracists : Whites for racial justice -- White panic -- The ironic value of dishonor -- Saviors and segregation -- Color capital and white debt -- Hailing whiteness -- Beyond good and evil.

Sommario/riassunto

Discussions of race are inevitably fraught with tension, both in opinion and positioning. Too frequently, debates are framed as clear points of opposition-us versus them. And when considering white racial identity, a split between progressive movements and a neoconservative backlash is all too frequently assumed. Taken at face value, it would seem that whites are splintering into antagonistic groups, with differing worldviews, values, and ideological stances. White Bound investigates these dividing lines, questioning the very notion of a fracturing whiteness, and in so doing