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Theories of race and ethnicity : contemporary debates and perspectives / edited by Karim Murji and John Solomos.

Contributor(s): Murji, Karim, 1960- [editor.] | Solomos, John [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xiv, 292 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521763738; 9780521154260Subject(s): Race | Ethnicity | RacismDDC classification: 305.8 LOC classification: HT1521 | .T472 2015
Contents:
Introduction : situating the present / Karim Murji and John Solomos -- Race and the science of difference in the age of genomics / Sandra Soo-Jin Lee -- Color-blind egalitarianism as the new racial norm / Charles A. Gallagher -- Getting over the Obama hope hangover : the new racism in 'post-racial' America / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (with Victor E. Ray) -- Does a recognition of mixed race move us toward post-race? / Miri Song -- Acting 'as' and acting 'as if' : two approaches to the politics of race and migration / Leah Bassel -- Can race be eradicated? The post-racial problematic / Brett St. Louis -- Superseding race in sociology : the perspective of critical rationalism / Michael Banton -- Critical race feminism / Adrien K. Wing -- Performativity and 'raced' bodies / Shirley Anne Tate -- Racism : psychoanalytic and psychoanalytic and psychosocial approaches / Simon Clarke -- The sociology of whiteness : beyond good and evil white people / Matthew W. Hughey -- (Sexual) whiteness and national identity : race, class and sexuality in colour-blind France / Éric Fassin -- Racial comparisons, relational racisms : some thoughts on method / David Theo Goldberg -- Conclusion : back to the future / Karim Murji and John Solomos.
Summary: How have research agendas on race and ethnic relations changed over the past two decades and what new developments have emerged? This book provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge collection of theoretically grounded and empirically informed essays. It covers a range of key issues in race and ethnicity studies, such as genetics and race, post-race debates, racial eliminativism and the legacy of Barack Obama, and mixed race identities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : situating the present / Karim Murji and John Solomos -- Race and the science of difference in the age of genomics / Sandra Soo-Jin Lee -- Color-blind egalitarianism as the new racial norm / Charles A. Gallagher -- Getting over the Obama hope hangover : the new racism in 'post-racial' America / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (with Victor E. Ray) -- Does a recognition of mixed race move us toward post-race? / Miri Song -- Acting 'as' and acting 'as if' : two approaches to the politics of race and migration / Leah Bassel -- Can race be eradicated? The post-racial problematic / Brett St. Louis -- Superseding race in sociology : the perspective of critical rationalism / Michael Banton -- Critical race feminism / Adrien K. Wing -- Performativity and 'raced' bodies / Shirley Anne Tate -- Racism : psychoanalytic and psychoanalytic and psychosocial approaches / Simon Clarke -- The sociology of whiteness : beyond good and evil white people / Matthew W. Hughey -- (Sexual) whiteness and national identity : race, class and sexuality in colour-blind France / Éric Fassin -- Racial comparisons, relational racisms : some thoughts on method / David Theo Goldberg -- Conclusion : back to the future / Karim Murji and John Solomos.

How have research agendas on race and ethnic relations changed over the past two decades and what new developments have emerged? This book provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge collection of theoretically grounded and empirically informed essays. It covers a range of key issues in race and ethnicity studies, such as genetics and race, post-race debates, racial eliminativism and the legacy of Barack Obama, and mixed race identities.

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