Description
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays examines issues of race in a variety of historical and geographical settings, ranging from classical Greece to the contemporary Americas, Europe and Asia. The authors provide a perspective on race both in theoretical origins and appearances.
Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book that should be read by anyone interested in the theory of race. * Race Relations Abstracts *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 I: Questioning the "Science" of Race Chapter 3 1 Why Race is not a Biological Concept Chapter 4 2 From Eighteenth to Nineteenth Century Racial Science: Continuity and Change Chapter 5 3 The Meaning of "Race": Psychology's Troubled History Chapter 6 4 Nazi Antisemitism and the "Science of Race" Part 7 II: Between Race and Slavery: The Variations of Culture Chapter 8 5 Race and Culture: Medieval Notions of Difference Chapter 9 6 Enslavement and Manumission in Ancient Greece Chapter 10 7 American Negro Slavery: A Reconsideration Chapter 11 8 Genealogies of Race and Culture in Anthropology: The Marginalized Ethnographer Part 12 III: Race and the Literary Imagination Chapter 13 9 The Continental Fallacy of Race Chapter 14 10 Getting BasiL Bambara's Re-visioning of the Black Aesthetic Chapter 15 11 Beautiful Americans Chapter 16 12 From Colonization to Immigration: The French School in Francophone African Fiction Part 17 IV: Race or Class: Which is it? Chapter 18 13 Economics and Motivation: (Dis)entangling Race and Class Chapter 19 14 Race and Class: Why All the Confusion? Chapter 20 15 Race and Medicine: The Black Experience Chapter 21 16 The Race for Class
