Racism and Anti-Racism in World Perspective / Edition 1

by Benjamin P. Bowser

Overview

This is a unique and valuable resource whose focus is not restricted to the examination of racism and antiracism from a single perspective. Contributors from diverse backgrounds - anthropology, classics, sociology, political science, communications and history - explore racism and the various movements to counteract it through the historical and cultural lenses of different world settings, including Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Caribbean.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803949546
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/18/1995
Series:	SAGE Series on Race and Ethnic Relations Series , #13
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	331
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 2.90(d)

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction - John H Stanfield II
Introduction - Benjamin P Bowser
The Global Community, Racism, and Anti-Racism
PART ONE: WHAT IS INNATE ABOUT IT?
Europe's Oldest Chapter in the History of Black-White Relations - Frank M Snowden Jr
'If Toads Could Speak' - Peter H Wood
How the Myth of Race Took Hold and Flourished in the Minds of Europe's Renaissance Colonizers
Spanish Ideology and the Practice of Inequality in the New World - Laura A Lewis
Anti-Racism in the United States - Herbert Aptheker
1865-1900
PART TWO: RACISM AND ANTI-RACISM: ESSENTIAL ISSUES
Mass Communication, Popular Culture, and Racism - Polly E Mc Lean
White Radicals, White Liberals, and White People - Bob Blauner
Rebuilding the Anti-Racist Coalition
Changing the Subject - Karen Dugger
Race and Gender in Feminist Discourse
PART THREE: AREA STUDIES OF RACISM AND ANTI-RACISM
Racism and Anti-Racism in Great Britain - John Solomos
Historial Trends and Contemporary Issues
Racism and Anti-Racism in Western Europe - Louis Kushnick
Introduction to the Analysis of Racism and Anti-Racism in Brazil - Rosana Heringer
Racism and Anti-Racism in Brazil - Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães
A Postmodern Perspective
Black Resistance in Brazil - Ros[ci]angela Maria Vieira
A Matter of Necessity
Racism and Anti-Racism in the Caribbean - Ralph R Premdas
The Long Shadow of Apartheid Ideology - Mokubung Nkomo, Zanele Mkwanazi-Twala, and Nazir Carrim
The Case of Open Schools in South Africa
Racism in the Modern World Community - Benjamin P Bowser

Editorial Reviews

An examination of the dynamics of racism in the contemporary world, by contributors from a wide range of backgrounds, including anthropology, classics, sociology, political science, communications, and history. Part I focuses on the historical background of racism and introduces the perspective of opposition to racism, or anti-racism. Part II provides analyses of three issues related to anti-racism: mass communications; white liberalism and building an anti-racist coalition; and race and gender. Part III presents area analyses of contemporary developments of racism and anti-racism in Britain, Western Europe, the Caribbean, South Africa, and Brazil. Paper edition (unseen), $24. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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