Encountering race in Albania : an ethnography of the communist afterlife / Chelsi West Ohueri.

Author
Ohueri, Chelsi West, 1986- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025.
  • ©2025
Description
xix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Summary note
"Eastern Europe is often perceived as a place of racelessness but this book, the first book about race in Albania, ethnographically analyzes racialization, whiteness, blackness, and otherness against amidst the legacies of communism, ultimately illustrating how Albania helps us to understand the ways that global race and racialization operate"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • The communist afterlife
  • The trial of the anthropologist
  • Peripheral whiteness
  • On blackness: a story in six names
  • A question of racism in three acts.
ISBN
  • 9781501781865 (hardcover)
  • 1501781863 (hardcover)
  • 9781501781872 (paperback)
  • 1501781871 (paperback)
LCCN
2025001086
OCLC
1458613419
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