Martin Orkin, Alexa Alice Joubin

Race

Herausgegeben:Drakakis, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Race offers a compelling introduction to the study of ideas related to race throughout history. Its breadth of coverage, both geographically and temporally, provides readers with an expansive, global understanding of the term from the classical period onwards. This concise guide offers an overview of:

Intersections of Race and GenderRace and Social TheoryIdentity, Ethnicity, and ImmigrationWhitenessLegislative and Judicial Markings of DifferenceRace in South Africa, Israel, East Asia, Asian AmericaBlackness in a Global ContextRace in the History of ScienceCritical Race Theory
This clear and engaging study is essential reading for students of Literature, Culture, and Race.

Produktdetails

• The New Critical Idiom
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: Y185692
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9781138904699
• ISBN-10: 1138904694
• Artikelnr.: 50482909

Autorenporträt

Martin Orkin is a Professor at the University of Haifa in Israel, where he teaches in the departments of Theatre and English. Alexa Alice Joubin is a Professor of English, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Literatures at George Washington University, USA, where she co-founded the Digital Humanities Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Fixing the fetters of race Chapter 1: Marking barbarians, Muslims, Jews, Ethiopians, Africans, Moors, or blacks Chapter 2: Pseudo-scientific markings of difference Part II: Recasting the fetters of race Chapter 3: Legislative, governmental, and judicial markings of difference Chapter 4: Slavery and race Part III: Loosening the fetters of face Chapter 5: Race and epistemologies of otherness Conclusion: race in the world