White trash : race and class in America
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : Routledge, 1997.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Published
New York : Routledge, 1997.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Poor or marginal whites occupy an uncharted space in recent identity studies, particularly because they do not easily fit the model of whiteness-as-power proposed by many multiculturalist or minority discourses. Associated in mainstream culture with "trashy" kitsch or dangerous pathologies rather than with the material realities of economic life, poor whites are treated as degraded caricatures rather than as real people living in conditions of poverty and disempowerment.
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White Trash situates the study of poor whites within the context of several academic disciplines, public-policy analysis, and popular or mass-media representations. Arguing that white racism is directed not only against people of color but also against certain groups of whites, the contributors to this volume explore the ways in which race and class in America are often talked about and represented in hidden, coded, or half-realized ways. In so doing, they demonstrate why the term white trash itself embodies yet another way in which some whites generate a debased "other" through pejorative naming practices.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Prescott College - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection | E184.A1W397 1997 | Find It Now |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wray, M., & Newitz, A. (1997). White trash: race and class in America . Routledge.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wray, Matt, 1964- and Annalee Newitz. 1997. White Trash: Race and Class in America. Routledge.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wray, Matt, 1964- and Annalee Newitz. White Trash: Race and Class in America Routledge, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wray, Matt, and Annalee Newitz. White Trash: Race and Class in America Routledge, 1997.
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