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The contributors to Racism Postrace theorize and examine the persistent concept of post-race in examples ranging from Pharrell Williams's “Happy” to public policy debates, showing how proclamations of a post-racial society can normalize modes of racism and obscure structural antiblackness.

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"The essays found in this collection make an important contribution to our understanding of how postrace is becoming more and more insidious and dangerous." -- Amardo Rodriguez * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
“Racism Postrace is an essential collection for the study of postracialism transnationally." -- Stefanie Boulila * German Studies Review *
"[A] well-written and stellar collection of writing." -- Amal Abu-Bakare * Journal of International Communication *

Table of Contents
Introduction. Postrace Racial Projects / Sarah Banet-Weiser, Roopali Mukherjee, and Herman Gray 1
Part One. Assumptions
1. Race after Race / Herman Gray 23
2. Theorizing Race in the Age of Inequality / Daniel Martinez Hosang and Joseph Lowndes 37
3. "Jamming" the Color Line: Comedy, Carnival, and Contestations of Commodity Colorism / Radhika Parameswaran 57
4. On the Postracial Question / Roderick A. Ferguson 72
5. Becked Up: Glenn Beck, White Supremacy, and the Hijacking of the Civil Rights Legacy / Cynthia A. Young 86
6. Technological Elites, the Meritocracy, and Postracial Myths in Silicon Valley / Safiya Umoja Noble and Sarah T. Roberts 113
Part Two. Performances
7. Vocal Recognition: Racial and Sexual Difference after (Tele)Visuality / Karen Tongson 135
8. More Than a Game: LeBron James and the Affective Economy of Place / Victoria E. Johnson 154
9. Clap Along If You Feel Like Happiness Is the Truth: Pharrell Williams and the False Promises of the Postracial / Kevin Fellezs 178
10. Indie Soaps: Race and the Possibilities of TV Drama / Aymar Jean Christian 199
11. Debt by Design: Race and Home Valorization on Reality TV / Eva C. Hageman 221
12. "Haute [Ghetto] Mess": Postracial Aesthetics and the Seduction of Blackness in High Fashion / Brandi Thompson Summers 245
13. Veiled Visibility: Racial Performances and Hegemonic Leaks in Pakistani Fashion Week / Inna Arzumanova 264
Epilogue. Incantation / Catherine R. Squires 283
References 287
Contributors 321
Index 325

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 21/06/2019
      ISBN13: 9781478001386, 978-1478001386
      ISBN10: 1478001380
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The contributors to Racism Postrace theorize and examine the persistent concept of post-race in examples ranging from Pharrell Williams's “Happy” to public policy debates, showing how proclamations of a post-racial society can normalize modes of racism and obscure structural antiblackness.

      Trade Review
      "The essays found in this collection make an important contribution to our understanding of how postrace is becoming more and more insidious and dangerous." -- Amardo Rodriguez * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
      “Racism Postrace is an essential collection for the study of postracialism transnationally." -- Stefanie Boulila * German Studies Review *
      "[A] well-written and stellar collection of writing." -- Amal Abu-Bakare * Journal of International Communication *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction. Postrace Racial Projects / Sarah Banet-Weiser, Roopali Mukherjee, and Herman Gray 1
      Part One. Assumptions
      1. Race after Race / Herman Gray 23
      2. Theorizing Race in the Age of Inequality / Daniel Martinez Hosang and Joseph Lowndes 37
      3. "Jamming" the Color Line: Comedy, Carnival, and Contestations of Commodity Colorism / Radhika Parameswaran 57
      4. On the Postracial Question / Roderick A. Ferguson 72
      5. Becked Up: Glenn Beck, White Supremacy, and the Hijacking of the Civil Rights Legacy / Cynthia A. Young 86
      6. Technological Elites, the Meritocracy, and Postracial Myths in Silicon Valley / Safiya Umoja Noble and Sarah T. Roberts 113
      Part Two. Performances
      7. Vocal Recognition: Racial and Sexual Difference after (Tele)Visuality / Karen Tongson 135
      8. More Than a Game: LeBron James and the Affective Economy of Place / Victoria E. Johnson 154
      9. Clap Along If You Feel Like Happiness Is the Truth: Pharrell Williams and the False Promises of the Postracial / Kevin Fellezs 178
      10. Indie Soaps: Race and the Possibilities of TV Drama / Aymar Jean Christian 199
      11. Debt by Design: Race and Home Valorization on Reality TV / Eva C. Hageman 221
      12. "Haute [Ghetto] Mess": Postracial Aesthetics and the Seduction of Blackness in High Fashion / Brandi Thompson Summers 245
      13. Veiled Visibility: Racial Performances and Hegemonic Leaks in Pakistani Fashion Week / Inna Arzumanova 264
      Epilogue. Incantation / Catherine R. Squires 283
      References 287
      Contributors 321
      Index 325

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