Racism Postrace

Published by Duke University Press 2019

Racism Postrace

Edited by: Roopali Mukherjee , Sarah Banet-Weiser and Herman Gray

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478003250

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About this book

The contributors to Racism Postrace theorize and examine the persistent concept of post-race in examples ranging from Pharrell Williams's “Happy” to public policy debates, showing how proclamations of a post-racial society can normalize modes of racism and obscure structural antiblackness.

Author / Editor information

Roopali Mukherjee is Associate Professor of Media Studies at City University of New York, Queens College.

Sarah Banet-Weiser is Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics.

Herman Gray is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Reviews

"The essays found in this collection make an important contribution to our understanding of how postrace is becoming more and more insidious and dangerous."

-- Amardo Rodriguez Ethnic and Racial Studies

“Racism Postrace is an essential collection for the study of postracialism transnationally."

-- Stefanie Boulila German Studies Review

"[A] well-written and stellar collection of writing."

-- Amal Abu-Bakare Journal of International Communication

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
INTRODUCTION Postrace Racial Projects Sarah Banet-Weiser, Roopali Mukherjee and Herman Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE Assumptions
1 Race after Race Herman Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 Theorizing Race in the Age of Inequality Daniel Martinez Hosang and Joseph Lowndes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3 “ Jamming” the Color Line Comedy, Carnival, and Contestations of Commodity Colorism Radhika Parameswaran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4 On the Postracial Question Roderick A. Ferguson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
5 Becked Up Glenn Beck, White Supremacy, and the Hijacking of the Civil Rights Legacy Cynthia A. Young Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
6 Technological Elites, the Meritocracy, and Postracial Myths in Silicon Valley Safiya Umoja Noble and Sarah T. Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
PART TWO Performances
7 Vocal Recognition Racial and Sexual Difference after (Tele)Visuality Karen Tongson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
8 More Than a Game LeBron James and the Affective Economy of Place Victoria E. Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
9 Clap Along If You Feel Like Happiness Is the Truth Pharrell Williams and the False Promises of the Postracial Kevin Fellezs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
10 Indie Soaps Race and the Possibilities of TV Drama Aymar Jean Christian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
11 Debt by Design Race and Home Valorization on Reality TV Eva C. Hageman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
12 “Haute [Ghetto] Mess” Postracial Aesthetics and the Seduction of Blackness in High Fashion Brandi Thompson Summers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
13 Veiled Visibility Racial Performances and Hegemonic Leaks in Pakistani Fashion Week Inna Arzumanova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
EPILOGUE Incantation Catherine R. Squires Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 376
Illustrations
- Other: 11 illustrations

eBook

Published: June 21, 2019
ISBN: 9781478003250