Bibliograph

Racism and everyday life, social theory, history and 'race', Andrew Smith

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Racism and everyday life, social theory, history and 'race', Andrew Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Racism and everyday life

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Andrew Smith

Sub title

social theory, history and 'race'

Summary

Drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary studies, this book brings together the sociologies of racism and everyday life and presents the importance of thinking of racism and everyday life not just as 'act' and 'context', respectively, but as part of the making of each other., What does it mean to talk about everyday racism, and why should we do so? Racism and Everyday Life brings together the sociologies of racism and everyday life in a new way in order to reflect on these questions. Smith argues that racism and everyday life are not just 'act' and 'context' respectively, but rather they are part of the making of each other. Using a variety of historical and contemporary examples, this book draws on the pioneering insights of W.E.B. Du Bois and other writers in order to explore the interwoven relationship between racism and the everyday

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