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BL
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988787
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b743157
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| Main Entry
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Garner, Steve,1963-
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| Title & Author
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Whiteness : : an introduction /\ Steve Garner.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Routledge,, 2007.
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1 online resource (viii, 216 pages)
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| ISBN
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020394559X
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: 0415403634
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: 0415403642
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: 1134140606
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: 9780203945599
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: 9780415403634
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: 9780415403641
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: 9781134140602
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-208) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the political stakes of using whiteness -- Whiteness as terror and supremacy -- Whiteness as a kind of absence -- Whiteness as values, norms and cultural capital -- Whiteness as contingent hierarchies -- Whiteness in the Caribbean and Latin America -- Whiteness at the margins -- How the Irish became white (again) -- 'Asylumgration' : the others blur -- Racial purity, integration and the idea of home -- Conclusion : in defence of the whiteness problematic.
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Making sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book skilfully argues how this concept can help us understand contemporary societies, bringing an emphasis on empirical work to a heavily theorized area.
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Race discrimination.
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Racism.
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Whites-- Race identity.
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Race discrimination.
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Racism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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Whites-- Race identity.
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Blanken.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.8
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| LC Classification
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HT1575.G37 2007eb
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| NLM classification
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71.37bcl
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