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Racisms: An Introduction - Softcover

Garner, Steve

 
9781412961776: Racisms: An Introduction

Synopsis

Combining key theoretical perspectives with contemporary case studies, this text will be invaluable in helping you to fully understand the complex issue of racism. With clear definitions and practical examples this is a solid resource when seeking to examine the way in which racisms have become part of social practices and institutions. 

Providing a clear and readable introduction to all of the key concepts, theories and debates, this fully revised new edition:

  • Includes new chapters on Ethnicity and Immigration
  • Has 30 new boxed case studies with a more international focus
  • Contains new learning features including further reading and questions for reflection

Racisms is an ideal introduction for undergraduates studying race and ethnicity, social divisions and stratification.

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About the Author

Steve Garner is Professor of Critical Race Studies and Head of the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Birmingham City University, UK. He has published widely on whiteness, as well as racism and its intersection with class and nation in a variety of geographical contexts, such as England, Ireland, the USA, and Guyana. He is the author of A Moral Economy of Whiteness (2015) and Whiteness: an introduction (Routledge, 2007); and Racism in the Irish Experience (2004) as well as numerous book chapters and articles in such journals as Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ethnicities, and Sociology. He is currently working on skin lightening practices and discourses.

From the Back Cover

With new chapters on ethnicity and immigration, and with material supported by 30 new case studies, this up to date resource provides students with an engaging - and international - introduction to the subject

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