Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This is a unique and valuable resource whose focus is not restricted to the examination of racism and antiracism from a single perspective. Contributors from diverse backgrounds - anthropology, classics, sociology, political science, communications and history - explore racism and the various movements to counteract it through the historical and cultural lenses of different world settings, including Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Caribbean.
Synopsis
"This is must reading for all serious students of race and ethnic relations." --Choice Americans who study racism and the movements to counteract racism tend to look only at the U.S. situation in their attempts to understand the two phenomena. However, focusing only on the familiar and the national makes it very difficult to see how racism in the United States has been defined by our culture and history--and how it can be changed. For these reasons, Racism and Antiracism in World Perspective, edited by Benjamin P. Bowser, is a unique and valuable resource for students and scholars of race relations. The book's contributors come from a wide range of backgrounds, including anthropology, classics, sociology, political science, communication, and history. They examine racism and antiracism through the historical and cultural lenses of different world settings, including Europe, South America, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean. This progressive approach changes and expands the framework through which we understand the genesis and dynamics of racism and antiracism. Students and practitioners in the fields of race and ethnic relations, sociology, anthropology, cross-cultural studies, political science, policy studies, and comparative studies will find Racism and Antiracism in World Perspective to be an invaluable resource on international racism.
Table of Contents
Introduction: the global community, racism, and anti-racism / Benjamin P. Bowser -- Europe's oldest chapter in the history of black-white relations / Frank M. Snowden -- 'If toads could speak': how the myth of race took hold and flourished in the minds of Europe's renaissance colonizers / Peter H. Wood -- Spanish ideology and the practice of inequality in the New World / Laura A. Lewis -- Anti-racism in the United States: 1865-1900 / Herbert Aptheker -- Mass communication, popular culture, and racism / Polly E. McLean -- White radicals, white liberals, and white people: rebuilding the anti-racist coalition / Bob Blauner -- Changing the subject: race and gender in feminist discourse / Karen Dugger -- Racism and anti-racism in Great Britain: historical trends and contemporary issues / John Solomos -- Racism and anti-racism in Western Europe / Louis Kushnick -- Introduction to the analysis of racism and anti-racism in Brazil / Rosana Heringer -- Racism and anti-racism in Brazil: a postmodern perspective / Antonio Sâergio Alfredo Guimaräaes -- Black resistance in Brazil: a matter of necessity / Rosãangela Maria Vieira -- Racism and anti-racism in the Caribbean / Ralph R. Premdas -- The Long shadow of apartheid ideology: the case of open schools in South Africa / Mokubung Nkomo, Zanele Mkwanazi-Twala, and Nazir Carrim -- Racism in the modern world community / Benjamin P. Bowser.