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Matthew Hughey - White Bound - 9780804776943 - V9780804776943
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White Bound

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Description for White Bound hardcover. A comparative study of a white supremacist organization and a white antiracist organization to understand the underlying similarities of how groups make-meaning of race and whiteness. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 1120. Weight in Grams: 499.

Discussions of race are inevitably fraught with tension, both in opinion and positioning. Too frequently, debates are framed as clear points of opposition—us versus them. And when considering white racial identity, a split between progressive movements and a neoconservative backlash is all too frequently assumed. Taken at face value, it would seem that whites are splintering into antagonistic groups, with differing worldviews, values, and ideological stances.

White Bound investigates these dividing lines, questioning the very notion of a fracturing whiteness, and in so doing offers a unique view of white racial identity. Matthew Hughey spent over a year attending ... Read more

On the whole, this book puts abstract beliefs and theoretical projection about the supposed fracturing of whiteness into relief against the realities of two groups never before directly compared with this much breadth and depth. By examining the similarities and differences between seemingly antithetical white groups, we see not just the many ways of being white, but how these actors make meaning of whiteness in ways that collectively reproduce both white identity and, ultimately, white supremacy.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804776943
SKU
V9780804776943
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Matthew Hughey
Matthew Hughey is Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut. He is the co-editor of The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America? (2011), Black Greek-Letter Organizations, 2.0: New Directions in the Study of African American Fraternities and Sororities (2011), and 12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today (2010), and a frequent voice in national ... Read more

Reviews for White Bound
"White Bound is a book that will definitely create a stir in both the academic and the nonacademic communities . . . There is no doubt that White Bound will be viewed as a major contribution in sociology."
Saher Selod
Humanity & Society
"This book is essential reading! Matthew Hughey expertly uses interview material to demonstrate how ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for White Bound


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