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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lynn Mie Itagaki's book is an incisive critique of the civil racism that has become dominant in both liberal and conservative discourses of race in the post-Civil Rights era."—Daniel Kim, Brown University
"Given recent urban unrest that lays bare tensions between state power, late capitalism, and race, this is a timely book."—CHOICE
"Civil Racism considerably advances literature on the concept of racial civility. Lynn Mie Itagaki's text will be of significant interest to race—specifically those in Asian American studies—and feminist scholars, pushing readers to consider how systems of oppression manifest in insidious forms such as civility."—Journal of Asian American Studies
"Exceptionally timely."—American Literary History
"Much-needed contribution."—Critical Ethnic Studies
"As a sociologist coming to this work, I found Itagaki’s elaboration of civil racism theoretically rich and relevant for many other facets of race relations in the US post-Cold War context. [...] I appreciated Itagaki’s careful use and analysis of language. Calling the events that occurred in 1992 a rebellion instead of a riot provides insight into how the rest of her book centers the subversion of people of color in the face of state oppression. Overall, I recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about race, intersectionality, citizenship, and critical literary/media analysis." —Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association
Table of ContentsContents
A Note on Terminology
Preface
Introduction: The 1992 Los Angeles Crisis
Part I: Racial Civility
1. Model Family Values and Sentimentalizing the Crisis
2. In/Civility, with Colorblindness and Equal Treatment for All
3. The Territorialization of Civility, the Spatialization of Revenge
Part II: Counterdiscourse of Civility
4. At the End of Tragedy
5. The Media Spectacle of Racial Disaster
Epilogue: Lives That Matter
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
