Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
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Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life
by Fields, Barbara J.; Fields, Karen | HC | VeryGood
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
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- ISBN
- 9781844679942
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1844679942
ISBN-13
9781844679942
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114161001
Product Key Features
Book Title
Racecraft : the Soul of Inequality in American Life
Number of Pages
310 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Discrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, American Government / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-454634
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
'eoeA most impressive work, tackling a demanding and important topic-the myth that we now live in a postracial society-in a novel, urgent, and compelling way. The authors dispel this myth by squarely addressing the paradox that racism is scientifically discredited but, like witchcraft before it, retains a social rationale in societies that remain highly unequal and averse to sufficiently critical engagement with their own history and traditions.'e�, "It's not just a challenge to racists, it's a challenge to people like me, it's a challenge to African-Americans who have accepted the fact of race and define themselves by the concept of race."--Ta-Nehisi Coates "Demanding and intelligent." --Jennifer Vega, PopMatters "These essays are extraordinary. I love the forceful elegance with which they hammer home that race is a monstrous fiction, racism is a monstrous crime."--Junot Díaz Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. Fields have undertaken a great untangling of how the chimerical concepts of race are pervasively and continuously reinvented and reemployed in this country."--Maria Bustillos, Los Angeles Review of Books "The neologism 'racecraft' is modelled on 'witchcraft' ... It isn't that the Fieldses regard the commitment to race as a category as an irrational superstition. On the contrary, they are interested precisely in exploring its rationality--the role that beliefs about race play in structuring American society--while at the same time reminding us that those beliefs may be rational but they're not true."--Walter Benn Michaels, London Review of Books "A most impressive work, tackling a demanding and important topic--the myth that we now live in a postracial society--in a novel, urgent, and compelling way. The authors dispel this myth by squarely addressing the paradox that racism is scientifically discredited but, like witchcraft before it, retains a social rationale in societies that remain highly unequal and averse to sufficiently critical engagement with their own history and traditions."--Robin Blackburn "With examples ranging from the profound to the absurd--including, for instance, an imaginary interview with W E B Dubois and Emile Durkheim, as well as personal porch chats with the authors' grandmother--the Fields delve into "racecraft's" profound effect on American political, social and economic life."-- Global Journal "This is a very thoughtful book, a very urgent book."-- The Academic & The Artist Cloudcast
Dewey Decimal
305.800973
Synopsis
Most people assume that racism grows from a perception of human difference: the fact of race gives rise to the practice of racism. Sociologist Karen E. Fields and historian Barbara J. Fields argue otherwise: the practice of racism produces the illusion of race, through what they call racecraft. And this phenomenon is intimately entwined with other forms of inequality in American life. So pervasive are the devices of racecraft in American history, economic doctrine, politics, and everyday thinking that the presence of racecraft itself goes unnoticed. That the promised post-racial age has not dawned, the authors argue, reflects the failure of Americans to develop a legitimate language for thinking about and discussing inequality. That failure should worry everyone who cares about democratic institutions."
LC Classification Number
GN269.F52 2012
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