Race Critical Theories

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Edited by Philomena Essed and David Theo Goldberg

Blackwell Publishers

Due/Published August 2001, 560 pages, paper

ISBN 0631214380

Race Critical Theories brings together many of the key contributors to critical theorizing about race and racism from the past twenty years. The texts are crucial in comprehending the critical employment of race to political, legal and cultural ends. Each text is accompanied by a new statement regarding the political context of the original contribution, the personal motivations of the authors and the implications and effects of race critical scholarship. Most of these contextualizing reflections are written by the authors of the pieces themselves.

Table of Contents

Part I: Conceptual Mapping, in Chronological Order (c. 1980-2000):
1. Imaginative Geography and Its Representations: Orientalizing the Oriental: Edward Said.
2. Race, Articulation and Societies Structured in Dominance: Stuart Hall.
3. Education and Liberation: Black Women's Perspectives: Angela Y. Davis.
4. A New Approach to the Study of Racism: Martin Barker.
5. The Genealogy of Western Racism: Cornel West.
6. Of Mimicry and Man. The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse: Homi Bhabha.
7. Racial Formation: Michael Omi & Howard Winant.
8. Preface to Dominance Without Hegemony. History and Power in Colonial India: Ranajit Guha.
9. Defining Black Feminist Thought: Patricia Hill Collins.
10. Everyday Racism: A New Approach to the Study of Racism: Philomena Essed.
11. Cartographies of Struggle: Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism: Chandra, T. Mohanty.
12. The Nation Form:History and Ideology: Etienne Balibar.
13. Turning the Tables: Antisemitic Discourse in Post-War Austria: Ruth Wodak.
14. The end of Antiracism: Paul Gilroy.
15. Black Matters: Toni Morrison.
16. Modernity, Race and Morality: David Theo Goldberg.
17. Denying Racism: Elite Discourse and Racism: Teun A. van Dijk.
18. Whiteness and Ethnicity in the History of 'White Ethnics' in the United States: David Roediger.
19. Affirmative Action and the Politics of Race: Manning Marable.
20. A Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People: Maria Root.
21. Racial Histories and Their Regimes of Truth: Ann Stoler.
22. Cultural Pluralism and the Subversion of the 'Taken-for-Granted' World: Maria Markus.
Part II: Reflections, in Thematic Order (1999-2000):
Section I: Histories and Values:
1. Reflections on 'The Nation Form: History and Ideology': Etienne Balibar.
2. Reflections on 'Racial Histories and Their Regimes of Truth': Ann Stoler.
3. Reflections on 'Modernity, Race and Morality': David Theo Goldberg.
4. Reflections 'Of Mimicry and Man. The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse': H. Bhabha and Kim Benita Furumoto.
Section II: Knowledge and Representation:
5. Reflections on 'The Genealogy of Western Racism': C. West and Howard McGary.
6. Reflections on 'Imaginative Geography and Its Representations: Orientalizing the Oriental': E. Said and Saree Makdisi.
7. Reflections on 'Black Matters': T. Morisson and Suzette Spencer.
8. Reflections on 'Defining Black Feminist Thought': Patricia Hill Collins.
Section III: Systems and Experiences:
9. Reflections on 'Race, Articulation and Societies Structured in Dominance': Stuart Hall.
10. Reflections on 'Racial Formation': Michael Omi & Howard Winant.
11. Reflections on 'Everyday Racism': Philomena Essed.
12. Reflections on 'Cultural Pluralism and the Subversion of the 'Taken-for-Granted' World': Maria Markus.
Section IV: Elites and Politics:
13. Reflections on 'The New Racism': Martin Barker.
14. Reflections on 'Denying Racism: Elite Discourse and Racism': Teun A. van Dijk.
15. Reflections on 'Turning the Tables: Antisemitic Discourse in Post-War Austria': Ruth Wodak.
16. Reflections on 'Whiteness and Ethnicity in the History of 'White Ethnics' in the United States': David Roediger.
17. Reflections on 'Affirmative Action and the Politics of Race': M. Marable and Johanna Fernandez.
Section V: Dominance and Struggles:
18. Reflections on the 'Perface' to 'Dominance Without Hegemony': R. Guha and Kelli Kobor.
19. Reflections on 'Cartographies of Struggle: Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism': C. T. Mohanty and Sue Kim.
20. Reflections on 'The End of Antiracism': P. Gilroy and Vikki Bell.
21. Reflections on 'A Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People': Maria Root.
22. Reflections on 'Education and Liberation: Black women's Perspectives': Angela Y. Davis