Moving from the Margins
Life Histories on Transforming the Study of Racism
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Moving from the Margins
Life Histories on Transforming the Study of Racism
About this book
At a time when movements for racial justice are front and center in U.S. national politics, this book provides essential new understanding to the study of race, its influence on people's lives, and what we can do to address the persistent and foundational American problem of systemic racism. Knowledge about race and racism changes as social and historical conditions evolve, as different generations of scholars experience unique societal conditions, and as new voices from those who have previously been kept at the margins have challenged us to reconceive our thinking about race and ethnicity. In this collection of essays by prominent sociologists whose work has transformed the understanding of race and ethnicity, each reflects on their career and how their personal experiences have shaped their contribution to understanding racism, both in scholarly and public debate.
Merging biography, memoir, and sociohistorical analysis, these essays provide vital insight into the influence of race on people's perspectives and opportunities both inside and outside of academia, and how racial inequality is felt, experienced, and confronted.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Series Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Life Histories on Transforming the Study of Racism: An Introduction
- 1. Doing Sociology While Black
- 2. The Praxis of Being Black in America: Grounding the Intellectual Project
- 3. From Clueless to Critical: My Journey to Understanding the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
- 4. Thinking through Race
- 5. Killing Me Softly: Race, Racism, and Sociology in My Life
- 6. “I Change Myself; I Change the World”: The Testimonio of a First-Generation Chicana Scholar-Activist
- 7. A Critical Race Feminist at the Crossroads of Biography and History
- 8. An Affirmative Action Confession
- 9. The Sandbox, Sisterhood, and a Sociological Journey
- 10. From El Valle to Public Sociology: My Personal Intellectual Journey
- 11. Shifting Boundaries
- 12. Disrupting Silences: Affect and Embodied Experiences of Systemic Oppression
- 13. Redefining and Reclaiming Race as a Latina Sociologist
- 14. Always Observant: The Academic Journey of an Urban Ethnographer
- 15. An Outsider Within: Reflections on the Intersections of My Life and Work
- Notes
- Index
- Series List