Look, a white! : philosophical essays on whiteness /

Look, a White! returns the problem of whiteness to white people. Prompted by Eric Holder's charge, that as Americans, we are cowards when it comes to discussing the issue of race, noted philosopher George Yancy's essays map out a structure of whiteness. He considers whiteness within the co...

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Main Author: Yancy, George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2012.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Look, a White! returns the problem of whiteness to white people. Prompted by Eric Holder's charge, that as Americans, we are cowards when it comes to discussing the issue of race, noted philosopher George Yancy's essays map out a structure of whiteness. He considers whiteness within the context of racial embodiment, film, pedagogy, colonialism, its "danger," and its position within the work of specific writers. Identifying the embedded and opaque ways white power and privilege operate, Yancy argues that the Black countergaze can function as a "gift" to whites in terms of seeing their own whiten.
Item Description:Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781439908556
1439908559