More beautiful and more terrible : the embrace and transcendence of racial inequality in the United States / Imani Perry.

Author
Perry, Imani, 1972- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : New York University Press, 2011.
Description
xv, 248 p. ; 23 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"It wasn't me!" : post intent and correlational racism -- It's all of us : the practice of inequality -- Telling tales out of school : the work of racial narratives -- The house that Jack built : inequality via category -- "I always feel like somebody's watchin' me" : the racing of privacy, voyeurism and surveillance -- Exceptionally yours : racial escape hatches in the contemporary United States -- Black taxes and white wages : the social economy of race -- Conclusion : remediation, or, from proof to possibility.
ISBN
  • 9780814767368 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0814767362 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 9780814767375 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0814767370 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 9780814768181 (e-book)
  • 0814768180 (e-book)
LCCN
2010039826
OCLC
630468240
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