Racism and sexual oppression in Anglo-America : a genealogy / Ladelle McWhorter
- Author:
- McWhorter, Ladelle, 1960-
- Published:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2009
- Physical Description:
- viii, 430 pages ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- Introduction: Two great dangers -- Racism, race, race war : in search of conceptual clarity -- A genealogy of modern racism, part 1 : the White man cometh -- A genealogy of modern racism, part 2 : from Black lepers to idiot children -- Scientific racism and the threat of sexual predation -- Managing evolution : race betterment, race purification, and the American eugenics movement -- Nordics celebrate the family -- (Counter) remembering racism : an insurrection of subjugated knowledges.
- Subject(s):
- Minorities—Civil rights—United States—History
- African Americans—Civil rights—History
- Gay rights—United States—History
- Racism—United States—History
- Homophobia—United States—History
- White people—United States—Attitudes—History
- Eugenics—United States—History
- Abnormalities, Human—Political aspects—United States—History
- United States—Race relations
- United States—Social conditions—1865-1918
- ISBN:
- 9780253352965 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253352967 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253220639 (paper : alk. paper)
0253220637 (paper : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-420) and index.
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