BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE by Stephanie Cole (Editor), Alison M. Parker (Editor) ( 9781585442973 )

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Title:

BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE
RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER IN THE US SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST

By:

Stephanie Cole (Editor), Alison M. Parker (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1585442976

ISBN 13:

9781585442973

Publisher:

TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

13 January, 2004

Series:

Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures 35

Pages:

224

Description:

This work brings up-to-date perspectives to the oversimplification of racial categories and new insight into the complexity of social relationships in these two important regions. It should be of use to those interested in social activism directed toward racial, ethnic, and gender issues.

Synopsis:

Although Americans have traditionally treated race relations as a matter of black and white, race in this country is much more complex. "Beyond Black and White: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the U.S. South and Southwest" brings new perspectives to the oversimplification of racial categories and new insight into the complexity of social relationships in these two important regions. Although the topics covered range from law in the South in the nineteenth century to political activism by Mexican Americans in the twentieth century, they begin with a common viewpoint: If we are to understand the complexity of race in the United States, we must go beyond thinking in black and white. A product of the Walter Prescott Webb Lectures held at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2000, this volume provides links between ideas and events within Southern history to that of the Southwest. In their various chapters, the seven contributors illustrate that elites' common (and inaccurate) use of dichotomous categories to describe social relationships--not only black and white, but also male and female, slave and free, dependent and independent--have shored up white power in both regions. Together they illustrate multilevel social diversity, and demonstrate that acceptance then and now of simple binaries has impeded efforts by groups outside those categories to claim recognition, rights, and privileges on their own terms. All those interested in race and public policy as well as social activism concerning with racial, ethnic, and gender issues will find in these thought-provoking analyses a doorway to deeper understanding.

Illustrations:

5 b&w illustrations, index

Publication:

Imprint:

Texas A & M University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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