Martha R. Bireda

The Promise of Whiteness

Its Past and Its Future

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is race-based hierarchy? The Promise of Whiteness focuses on the impact of the promise of "whiteness" upon American society in the past and future by examining its creation and evolution. Particular attention is given to the psychological needs met-and the fears, anxieties, and dissonance created by-the social construction of "whiteness".

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9781475863567
• ISBN-10: 147586356X
• Artikelnr.: 64049268

Autorenporträt

By Martha R. Bireda

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Creation of the Racial Hierarchy
Chapter 2. The Promise of Whiteness
Chapter 3. The Psychological Power of Whiteness
Chapter 4. Racially Induced Dissonance
Chapter 5. The Violation of the Promise
Chapter 6. "It Must Not Be Again"
Chapter 7. The Betrayal of the Promise
Chapter 8. The Diminishing Power of Whiteness
Chapter 9. A Changing America: Impact on the Promise
Chapter 10. America at the Crossroads
Conclusion: Healing the Wounds of Mythology
Bibliography
About the Author