Whiteness : an introduction
Steve Garner (Author)
Making sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book skillfully argues how this concept can help us understand contemporary societies, bringing an emphasis on empirical work to a heavily theorised area
viii, 216 pages ; 23 cm
9780415403634, 9780415403641, 0415403634, 0415403642
80358978
Introduction : the political stakes of using whiteness
Whiteness as terror and supremacy
Whiteness as a kind of absence
Whiteness as values, norms and cultural capital
Whiteness as contingent hierarchies
Whiteness in the Caribbean and Latin America
Whiteness at the margins
How the Irish became white (again)
'Asylumgration' : the others blur
Racial purity, integration and the idea of home
Conclusion : in defence of the whiteness problematic