03416nam 2200625Ia 450 991077819320332120200520144314.00-674-26453-30-674-03875-410.4159/9780674038752(CKB)1000000000786752(SSID)ssj0000227929(PQKBManifestationID)11190620(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227929(PQKBWorkID)10269945(PQKB)10866387(Au-PeEL)EBL3300335(CaPaEBR)ebr10315839(OCoLC)923110616(DE-B1597)574530(DE-B1597)9780674038752(MiAaPQ)EBC3300335(MiAaPQ)EBC7188458(Au-PeEL)EBL7188458(EXLCZ)99100000000078675220000622d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe problem of race in the twenty-first century[electronic resource] /Thomas C. HoltCambridge, MA Harvard University Press2000xi, 146 pThe Nathan I. Huggins lecturesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-00443-4 0-674-00824-3 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Race, Culture, and History -- 1. Racial Identity and the Project of Modernity -- 2. Race and Culture in a Consumer Society -- 3. Race, Nation, and the Global Economy -- Epilogue: The Future of Race -- Notes"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line," W. E. B. Du Bois wrote in 1903, and his words have proven sadly prophetic. As we enter the twenty-first century, the problem remains--and yet it, and the line that defines it, have shifted in subtle but significant ways. This brief book speaks powerfully to the question of how the circumstances of race and racism have changed in our time--and how these changes will affect our future. Foremost among the book's concerns are the contradictions and incoherence of a system that idealizes black celebrities in politics, popular culture, and sports even as it diminishes the average African-American citizen. The world of the assembly line, boxer Jack Johnson's career, and The Birth of a Nation come under Holt's scrutiny as he relates the malign progress of race and racism to the loss of industrial jobs and the rise of our modern consumer society. Understanding race as ideology, he describes the processes of consumerism and commodification that have transformed, but not necessarily improved, the place of black citizens in our society. As disturbing as it is enlightening, this timely work reveals the radical nature of change as it relates to race and its cultural phenomena. It offers conceptual tools and a new way to think and talk about racism as social reality.Nathan I. Huggins lectures.RaceRacismRace.Racism.305.8Holt Thomas C(Thomas Cleveland),1942-1091583MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778193203321The problem of race in the twenty-first century3687807UNINA