Being White

Stories of Race and Racism
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-93572-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 582 g

Karyn McKinney uses written autobiographies solicited from young white people to empirically analyze the contours of the white experience in U.S. society. This text offers a unique view of whiteness based on the rich data provided by whites themselves, writing about what it means to be white.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McKinney, Karyn D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, Joe Feagin Preface: A White Woman From the South1. I Could Tell My Life Story Without Mentioning My Race: Exploring Everyday Whiteness 2. I Began to See How Important Race Could Be: Turning Points in Whiteness 3. Being Born in the U.S. to White Parents is Almost Boring: Whiteness as a Meaningless Identity4. I Feel 'Whiteness' When I Hear People Blaming Whites: Whiteness as Cultural Stigmatization5. I Was the Loser in this Rat Race: Whiteness as Economic Disadvantage 6. Being White Is Like Being Free: Whiteness and the Potential for AntiracismAppendix A: Sample Validity Appendix B: Sample Differences: North/South or Rural/Urban? Appendix C. Autobiography Guide

Über Autor(innen)

Karyn McKinney is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Penn State University, Altoona College. She is the co-author of The Many Costs of Racism with Joe Feagin, and her work has appeared in Contemporary Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, the Journal of Family Issues and the American Journal of Sociology.