Theories of Race and Racism : A Reader (Routledge Student Readers) [Paperback]

Les Back (Editor), John Solomos (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415156726 | ISBN-13: 978-0415156721 | Publication Date: February 2000 | Edition: 1

This comprehensive Reader brings together foundation work in the study of race and ethnicity and writings from many of the most exciting scholars today. It is divided into the following main sections:

• origins and transformations
• sociology, race and social theory
• racism and anti-Semitism
• colonialism, race and the other
• feminism, difference and identity
• changing boundaries and spaces.

Each section begins with a brief editorial introduction, providing a guide to the readings by historically contextualizing them and relating them to other writings throughout the book. Cross-national in content, historical in scope and offering a variety of topical perspectives, Theories of Race and Racism will be an invaluable resource for undergraduates across a range of disciplines.

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'A balanced and largely successful attempt at mapping the historical origins of 'race' and racism, the changing signification of 'race' during the 20th century, and its current place within contemporary social theory. The engagement with the work of scholars on anti-Semitism is a welcome departure for a book on racism, and the further inclusion of questions concerning cultural identity and ethnicity - often ignored in more orthodox accounts of racism - gives the collection as a whole a distinctiveness and greater contemporary relevance.' - Sociological Research Online - http://socresonline.org.uk

About the Author

John Solomos is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Humaninites and Social Science at South Bank University, UK. His previous works include Racism and Society (1996) and Black Youth, Racism and the State.(1988)

Les Black is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmith College, UK. He is the author of New Ethnicities and Urban Culture: Racisms and multiculture in Young Lives (1996). He has also written Racism and Society (1996) and Race, Politics and Political Change (Routledge 1995) with John Solomos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415156726
• ISBN-13: 978-0415156721
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
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