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Whiteness : an introduction

Steve Garner (Author)
Making sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book skilfully argues how this concept can help us understand contemporary societies, bringing an emphasis on empirical work to a heavily theorized area
eBook, English, 2007
Routledge, London, 2007
1 online resource (viii, 216 pages)
9780203945599, 9780415403634, 9780415403641, 9781134140602, 020394559X, 0415403634, 0415403642, 1134140606
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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