Racism Postrace
1st Edition
Published on 21. June 2019
376 pages
978-1-4780-0325-0 (ISBN)
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The contributors to Racism Postrace theorize and examine the persistent concept of post-race in examples ranging from Pharrell Williams's "Happy" to public policy debates, showing how proclamations of a post-racial society can normalize modes of racism and obscure structural antiblackness.
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Roopali Mukherjee | Sarah Banet-Weiser | Herman Gray
Racism Postrace
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06/2019
Duke University Press
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Roopali Mukherjee | Sarah Banet-Weiser | Herman Gray
Racism Postrace
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06/2019
Duke University Press
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Roopali Mukherjee is Associate Professor of Media Studies at City University of New York, Queens College.
Sarah Banet-Weiser is Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics.
Herman Gray is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Sarah Banet-Weiser is Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics.
Herman Gray is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Content
Introduction. Postrace Racial Projects / Sarah Banet-Weiser, Roopali Mukherjee, and Herman Gray 1
Part One. Assumptions
1. Race after Race / Herman Gray 23
2. Theorizing Race in the Age of Inequality / Daniel Martinez Hosang and Joseph Lowndes 37
3. "Jamming" the Color Line: Comedy, Carnival, and Contestations of Commodity Colorism / Radhika Parameswaran 57
4. On the Postracial Question / Roderick A. Ferguson 72
5. Becked Up: Glenn Beck, White Supremacy, and the Hijacking of the Civil Rights Legacy / Cynthia A. Young 86
6. Technological Elites, the Meritocracy, and Postracial Myths in Silicon Valley / Safiya Umoja Noble and Sarah T. Roberts 113
Part Two. Performances
7. Vocal Recognition: Racial and Sexual Difference after (Tele)Visuality / Karen Tongson 135
8. More Than a Game: LeBron James and the Affective Economy of Place / Victoria E. Johnson 154
9. Clap Along If You Feel Like Happiness Is the Truth: Pharrell Williams and the False Promises of the Postracial / Kevin Fellezs 178
10. Indie Soaps: Race and the Possibilities of TV Drama / Aymar Jean Christian 199
11. Debt by Design: Race and Home Valorization on Reality TV / Eva C. Hageman 221
12. "Haute [Ghetto] Mess": Postracial Aesthetics and the Seduction of Blackness in High Fashion / Brandi Thompson Summers 245
13. Veiled Visibility: Racial Performances and Hegemonic Leaks in Pakistani Fashion Week / Inna Arzumanova 264
Epilogue. Incantation / Catherine R. Squires 283
References 287
Contributors 321
Index 325
Part One. Assumptions
1. Race after Race / Herman Gray 23
2. Theorizing Race in the Age of Inequality / Daniel Martinez Hosang and Joseph Lowndes 37
3. "Jamming" the Color Line: Comedy, Carnival, and Contestations of Commodity Colorism / Radhika Parameswaran 57
4. On the Postracial Question / Roderick A. Ferguson 72
5. Becked Up: Glenn Beck, White Supremacy, and the Hijacking of the Civil Rights Legacy / Cynthia A. Young 86
6. Technological Elites, the Meritocracy, and Postracial Myths in Silicon Valley / Safiya Umoja Noble and Sarah T. Roberts 113
Part Two. Performances
7. Vocal Recognition: Racial and Sexual Difference after (Tele)Visuality / Karen Tongson 135
8. More Than a Game: LeBron James and the Affective Economy of Place / Victoria E. Johnson 154
9. Clap Along If You Feel Like Happiness Is the Truth: Pharrell Williams and the False Promises of the Postracial / Kevin Fellezs 178
10. Indie Soaps: Race and the Possibilities of TV Drama / Aymar Jean Christian 199
11. Debt by Design: Race and Home Valorization on Reality TV / Eva C. Hageman 221
12. "Haute [Ghetto] Mess": Postracial Aesthetics and the Seduction of Blackness in High Fashion / Brandi Thompson Summers 245
13. Veiled Visibility: Racial Performances and Hegemonic Leaks in Pakistani Fashion Week / Inna Arzumanova 264
Epilogue. Incantation / Catherine R. Squires 283
References 287
Contributors 321
Index 325
