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Race, Empire, and the Crisis of the Subprime
Paula Chakravartty
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Paperback. SquiresMichael J. WattsElvin Wyly Editor(s): Chakravartty, Paula; Silva, Denise Ferreira da. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Predatory lending of subprime mortgages targeting the most economically vulnerable minority communities helped trigger the current global financial crisis. This special issue of the journal American Quarterly explores the ways in which "subprime" becomes a racial signifier in the current debate about the causes and fixes for a capitalism itself in crisis. It signifies both the accumulated dispossession of racial exclusion in the twenty-first century gilded age in the United States and Global North more broadly, as well as the imperial ambitions of three decades of U.S.-led neoliberal rule over the Global South. Essays are divided into sections: debt, discipline, ... Read more
Predatory lending of subprime mortgages targeting the most economically vulnerable minority communities helped trigger the current global financial crisis. This special issue of the journal American Quarterly explores the ways in which "subprime" becomes a racial signifier in the current debate about the causes and fixes for a capitalism itself in crisis. It signifies both the accumulated dispossession of racial exclusion in the twenty-first century gilded age in the United States and Global North more broadly, as well as the imperial ambitions of three decades of U.S.-led neoliberal rule over the Global South. Essays are divided into sections: debt, discipline, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
A Special Issue of American Quarterly
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421410012
SKU
V9781421410012
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About Paula Chakravartty
Paula Chakravartty is an associate professor of communications at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Denise Ferreira da Silva is a professor of ethics and director of the Centre for Ethics and Politics at the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary, University of London.
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