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Daynes, Sarah

 
9780521680479: Desire for Race
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ISBN 10: 0521680476 ISBN 13: 9780521680479
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Sinopsis

What do people mean when they talk about race? Are they acknowledging a biological fact, a social reality, or a cultural identity? Is race real, or is it merely an illusion? This book brings analytical clarity to one of the most vexed topics in the social sciences today, arguing that race is no more than a social construction, unsupported in biological terms and upheld for the simple reason that we continue to believe in its reality. Deploying concepts from the sociology of knowledge, religion, social memory, and psychoanalysis, the authors consider the conditions that contribute to this persistence of belief and suggest ways in which the idea of race can free itself from outdated nineteenth-century notions of biological essentialism. By conceiving of race as something that is simultaneously real and unreal, this study generates a new conceptualization that will be required reading for scholars in this field.

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Acerca de los autores

Sarah Daynes is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York.

Orville Lee is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York.

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521680476
ISBN 13 
9780521680479
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
250
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