Sara Ahmed

On Being Included

Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Argues that a commitment to diversity is frequently substituted for a commitment to actual change. This title traces the work that diversity does, examining how the term is used and the way it serves to make questions about racism seem impertinent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 243
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780822352365
• ISBN-10: 0822352362
• Artikelnr.: 34228709

Autorenporträt

Sara Ahmed is Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her books include The Cultural Politics of Emotion; Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality; and Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. On Arrival 1
1. Institutional Life 19
2. The Language of Diversity 51
3. Equality and Performance Culture 83
4. Commitment as a Non-performative 113
5. Speaking about Racism 141
Conclusion. A Phenomenological Practice 173
Notes 191
References 221
Index 235