03644nam 2200769Ia 450 991077746450332120230207224529.01-281-29806-997866112980671-84714-357-1(CKB)1000000000415711(EBL)436311(OCoLC)228807227(SSID)ssj0000256526(PQKBManifestationID)11209570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256526(PQKBWorkID)10224722(PQKB)11661342(MiAaPQ)EBC436311(Au-PeEL)EBL436311(CaPaEBR)ebr10224676(CaONFJC)MIL129806(OCoLC)893334077(EXLCZ)99100000000041571120000225d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTechnology and the logic of American racism[electronic resource] a cultural history of the body as evidence /Sarah E. ChinnLondon ;New York Continuum20001 online resource (252 p.)Critical research in material cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-4729-5 0-8264-4750-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Series foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Theorizing the body as evidence; 2 A show of hands: establishing identity in Mark Twain's The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson; 3 Fixing identity: reading skin, seeing race; 4 ""Liberty's life stream"": blood, race, and citizenship in World War II; 5 Reading the ""Book of Life"": DNA and the meanings of identity; Epilogue: future bodies, present selves; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn this book, Sarah E. Chinn pulls together what seems to be opposite discourses--the information-driven languages of law and medicine and the subjective logics of racism--to examine how racial identity has been constructed in the United States over the past century. She examines a range of primary social case studies such as the American Red Cross' lamentable decision to segregate the blood of black and white donors during World War II, and its ramifications for American culture, and more recent examples that reveal the racist nature of criminology, such as the recent trial of O.J. Simpson. ACritical research in material culture.Race awarenessUnited StatesHistoryRacismUnited StatesHistoryHuman bodySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryHuman bodySymbolic aspectsUnited StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etcHistoryTechnologySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryRace awareness in literatureAfrican Americans in literatureUnited StatesRace relationsRace awarenessHistory.RacismHistory.Human bodySocial aspectsHistory.Human bodySymbolic aspectsHistory.African AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.History.TechnologySocial aspectsHistory.Race awareness in literature.African Americans in literature.305.8/00973Chinn Sarah E1539457MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777464503321Technology and the logic of American racism3826411UNINA