Overview
The 1992 Los Angeles rebellion, also known as the Rodney King riots, followed the acquittal of four police officers who had been charged with assault and the use of excessive force against a Black motorist. The violence included widespread looting and destruction of stores, many of which were owned or operated by Korean Americans in neighborhoods t
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Author: Lynn Mie Itagaki
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9780816699209
ISBN 10: 0816699208
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 15 March 2016
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Given recent urban unrest that lays bare tensions between state power, late capitalism, and race, this is a timely book. --CHOICE Civil Racism considerably advances literature on the concept of racial civility. Lynn Mie Itagaki's text will be of significant interest to race--specifically those in Asian American studies--and feminist scholars, pushing readers to consider how systems of oppression manifest in insidious forms such as civility. --Journal of Asian American Studies Exceptionally timely. --American Literary History Much-needed contribution. --Critical Ethnic Studies Lynn Mie Itagaki's book is an incisive critique of the civil racism that has become dominant in both liberal and conservative discourses of race in the post-Civil Rights era. --Daniel Kim, Brown University Lynn Mie Itagaki's book is an incisive critique of the civil racism that has become dominant in both liberal and conservative discourses of race in the post-Civil Rights era. Daniel Kim, Brown University Civil Racism is an incisive critique of the civil racism that has become dominant in both liberal and conservative discourses of race in the post-Civil Rights era. Daniel Kim, Brown University
Lynn Mie Itagaki's book is an incisive critique of the civil racism that has become dominant in both liberal and conservative discourses of race in the post-Civil Rights era. Daniel Kim, Brown University
Civil Racism is an incisive critique of the civil racism that has become dominant in both liberal and conservative discourses of race in the post-Civil Rights era. Daniel Kim, Brown University
Author Information
Lynn Mie Itagaki is assistant professor in the departments of English and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and the Program Coordinator in Asian American Studies at The Ohio State University.
