Whiteness

By:

Lund, Martin

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge SeriesPublication details: MIT Press 2022 CambridgeDescription: 258pISBN:

9780262544191

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.8 LUN

Summary: This MIT Press Essential Knowledge series explores the concept of whiteness, a socially constructed phenomenon that privileges and protects white individuals. Martin Lund argues that whiteness is a shifting category of ideals and standards that enable hierarchical classification. Lund discusses various terms used to describe whiteness, its intersections with race, class, gender, and popular culture, and the role of ideas like "colorblindness" and "reverse racism" in perpetuating whiteness.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Jammu General Stacks	Non-fiction	305.8 LUN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMJ-9433

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1: Introduction 2: Whiteness and Its Discontents 3: White Words 4: It's a White World after All 5: Popular Whiteness 6: Don't Call Me White! 7: Whither Whiteness?

This MIT Press Essential Knowledge series explores the concept of whiteness, a socially constructed phenomenon that privileges and protects white individuals. Martin Lund argues that whiteness is a shifting category of ideals and standards that enable hierarchical classification. Lund discusses various terms used to describe whiteness, its intersections with race, class, gender, and popular culture, and the role of ideas like "colorblindness" and "reverse racism" in perpetuating whiteness.

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