McKinney Being White

Stories of Race and Racism
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-06426-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

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 Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, Joe Feagin
Preface: "A White Woman From the South"
1. "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 Identity
4. "I Feel 'Whiteness' When I Hear People Blaming Whites:" Whiteness as Cultural Stigmatization
5. "I Was the Loser in this Rat Race:" Whiteness as Economic Disadvantage
6. "Being White Is Like Being Free:" Whiteness and the Potential for Antiracism
Appendix 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.