White Identities A Critical Sociological Approach

by Clarke, Simon; Garner, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780745327488
• ISBN10: 0745327486
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-15
• Publisher: UCP

Summary

The study of white ethnicities is becoming increasingly important in the social sciences. This book provides a critical introduction to Whiteness has traditionally been seen as "ethnically transparent" - the marker against which other ethnicities are measured. This analysis but only recently have many race and ethnicity scholars moved away from focusing on ethnic minorities and instead oriented their construction of white identities. Simon Clarke and Steve Garner's book is designed to guide students as they explore how white identities both sociological and psycho-social ideas. Including an excellent survey of the existing literature and original research from the UK, this book will be an invaluable guide for sociology modules in race and ethnicity.

Author Biography

Simon Clarke is Director of the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies at the University of the West of England.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
Researching 'Whiteness': An Introduction	p. 1
Whiteness Studies in the Context of the USA	p. 15
Empirical Research into White Racialised Identities in Britain	p. 37
Britishness	p. 60
Whiteness and Post-Imperial Britain	p. 85
Psycho-Social Interpretations of Cultural Identity: Constructing the White 'We'	p. 110
Media Representations: Constructing the 'Not White' Other	p. 133
Whiteness, Home and Community	p. 153
Researching Whiteness: Psycho-Social Methodologies	p. 176
Conclusion	p. 200
Notes	p. 212
References	p. 218
Index	p. 237
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