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Author:   Cynthia Levine-Rasky
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9781409463573

ISBN 10:   1409463575
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   13 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Framing Whiteness; Chapter 2 Theorizing Whiteness; Chapter 3 Interpreting Whiteness and its Correlates; Chapter 4 Histories of Whiteness; Part 2 Four Ways in Which Whiteness Works; Chapter 5 Normalization and Solipsism; Chapter 6 Controlling Terms of Engagement; Chapter 7 Ideological Commitments; Chapter 8 Exclusionary Practices; Part 3 Outward Fractures: Whiteness and intersectionality; Chapter 9 The Rise of Intersectionality Theory; Chapter 10 Intersectionality Theory and the Analysis of Power; Chapter 11 Intersections between Whiteness and Class; Chapter 12 Intersections between Whiteness and Ethnicity; Chapter 13 Intersections between Whiteness and Jewish Ethnicity; Part 4 Inward Fractures: The Psychic Life of Whiteness; Chapter 14 The Emotionality of Whiteness; Chapter 15 The Epistemology of Ignorance; Chapter 16 The Psychic Turn; Chapter 17 Construction of the Other in Popular Racism; Chapter 18 Psychoanalytic Themes in the Construction of the Racialized Other; Part 5 Approaches to Studying Whiteness; Chapter 19 Critical—Relational—Contextual Revisited; Chapter 20 Whiteness in Popular Culture; Chapter 21 The Paradox of Action;

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'Robust, relentless and rigorous. This critical approach to whiteness poses testy questions and provides challenging answers. With skillful intersectional analyses the author reveals numerous cracks in the myth of homogeneous whiteness. No reader will remain unmoved by the overwhelming amount of examples of the workings of whiteness. Whiteness Fractured will be useful for students across the humanities and social sciences.' Philomena Essed, Antioch University, USA 'Whiteness Fractured represents a timely return to the beginnings of the field of critical whiteness studies. Highlighting the work left to be done in unpacking the machinations of whiteness as the performance of racialised power it will serve as a key text for those seeking to understand critical whiteness studies anew, in addition to stimulating fresh debate amongst those of us already working in the field.' Damien W. Riggs, President Australian Critical Race and Flinders University, Australia 'This comprehensive work details Cynthia Levine-Rasky's approach to critical whiteness studies whilst doubling as an encyclopaedic tour of the field. ... this is a wide-ranging yet clearly argued book seeking a methodologically rigorous and theoretically sound approach to what is an extremely interesting field.' Sociological Research Online

'Robust, relentless and rigorous. This critical approach to whiteness poses testy questions and provides challenging answers. With skillful intersectional analyses the author reveals numerous cracks in the myth of homogeneous whiteness. No reader will remain unmoved by the overwhelming amount of examples of the workings of whiteness. Whiteness Fractured will be useful for students across the humanities and social sciences.'Philomena Essed, Antioch University, USA'Whiteness Fractured represents a timely return to the beginnings of the field of critical whiteness studies. Highlighting the work left to be done in unpacking the machinations of whiteness as the performance of racialised power it will serve as a key text for those seeking to understand critical whiteness studies anew, in addition to stimulating fresh debate amongst those of us already working in the field.'Damien W. Riggs, President Australian Critical Race and Flinders University, Australia

Author Information

Cynthia Levine-Rasky is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Queen's University, Canada. She is editor of Working through Whiteness: International Perspectives and co-author of Teaching for Equity and Diversity: Research to Practice.

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