{"product_id":"a-white-side-of-black-britain-9780822348764","title":"A White Side of Black Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ethnographic analysis of the racial consciousness of white transracial women who have established families and had children with black men of African Caribbean heritage in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By building her argument through images, as well as statistics and anecdotes, Twine opposes nearly a century of prejudice against visual evidence within sociology. . . . \u003ci\u003eA White Side of Black Britain\u003c\/i\u003e . . . seems destined to become a landmark in the field. . .” - Charles Donelan, \u003ci\u003eSanta Barbara Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Twine is also an expert storyteller, and it is through the book’s richly detailed stories that she demonstrates the importance of researching transracial intimacy to gain a better understanding of race, class, and gender, along with nationalism and ethnic tensions. . . . The research strategies and microsociological dynamics that Twine has identified in this book will undoubtedly prove essential for any scholar undertaking such difficult and valuable projects.” - Erik Love, \u003ci\u003eJadaliyya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“France Windance Twine’s \u003ci\u003eA White Side of Black Britain\u003c\/i\u003e is a lovely and\u003cbr\u003eimportant book. It is lovely because it is carefully researched, finely\u003cbr\u003ecrafted, and illustrated with compelling photographs that add dimension\u003cbr\u003eto the study and its methodology. It is important because its ethnographic\u003cbr\u003efocus on white women’s participation in British multiracial families gives\u003cbr\u003eit an extraordinary vantage point from which to explore the everyday\u003cbr\u003econstitution and contestation of racial borders, boundaries, and identities\u003cbr\u003ealong the double axis of class and gender.” - Elizabeth Long, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA White Side of Black Britain\u003c\/i\u003e raises important questions such as how white women are raising children as members of black–white interracial families, what meanings are attributed to their whiteness and how class inequality, gender regimes and prescriptions for respectable femininity mediate the ways that white women are evaluated in transracial families. The way in which Twine features and captures the conversations in the book through\u003cbr\u003elanguage and illustrations make the book appealing to a range of audiences.” - Victoria Showunmi, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Women’s Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA White Side of Black Britain\u003c\/i\u003e is likely to become a landmark text in the fields of ‘mixed race’ and whiteness studies. France Winddance Twine offers a sympathetic and generous treatment of a complex and fraught subject, and she combines compelling, intimate vignettes and photos with nuanced analysis and thought-provoking links to contemporary debates.”—\u003cb\u003eClaire Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Being Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What happens to the racial consciousness of white women who marry black men and have black children? France Winddance Twine reveals through a deep and extensive ethnography with more than forty white women in such relationships how their consciousness changes, allowing them to become sensitive and adept at recognizing and dealing with racism. This is truly original research that deserves a wide readership.”—\u003cb\u003eEduardo Bonilla-Silva\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eRacism without Racists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA White Side of Black Britain\u003c\/i\u003e raises important questions such as how white women are raising children as members of black–white interracial families, what meanings are attributed to their whiteness and how class inequality, gender regimes and prescriptions for respectable femininity mediate the ways that white women are evaluated in transracial families. The way in which Twine features and captures the conversations in the book through language and illustrations make the book appealing to a range of audiences.” -- Victoria Showunmi * European Journal of Women's Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“By building her argument through images, as well as statistics and anecdotes, Twine opposes nearly a century of prejudice against visual evidence within sociology. . . . \u003ci\u003eA White Side of Black Britain\u003c\/i\u003e . . . seems destined to become a landmark in the field. . .” -- Charles Donelan * Santa Barbara Independent *\u003cbr\u003e“France Windance Twine’s \u003ci\u003eA White Side of Black Britain\u003c\/i\u003e is a lovely and important book. It is lovely because it is carefully researched, finely crafted, and illustrated with compelling photographs that add dimension to the study and its methodology. It is important because its ethnographic focus on white women’s participation in British multiracial families gives it an extraordinary vantage point from which to explore the everyday constitution and contestation of racial borders, boundaries, and identities along the double axis of class and gender.” -- Elizabeth Long * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Territories of Whiteness in Black Britain 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Class Analysis of Interracial Intimacy 31\u003cbr\u003e 2. Disciplining Racial Dissidents: Transgressive Women, Transracial Mothers 60\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Concept of Racial Literacy 89\u003cbr\u003e 4. Racial Literacy in Practice 116\u003cbr\u003e 5. Written on the Body: Ethnic Capital and Black Cultural Production 146\u003cbr\u003e 6. Archives of Interracial Intimacies: Race, Respectability, and Family Photographs 171\u003cbr\u003e 7. White Like Who? Status, Stigma, and the Social Meanings of Whiteness 195\u003cbr\u003e 8. Gender Gaps in the Experience of Interracial Intimacy 223\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Constricted Eyes and Racial Visions 257\u003cbr\u003e Notes 267\u003cbr\u003e References 279\u003cbr\u003e Index 297","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406063509847,"sku":"9780822348764","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822348764.jpg?v=1730494403","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-white-side-of-black-britain-9780822348764","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}