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The Color Complex (Revised): The Politics of Skin Color in a New Millennium by Kathy Russell 9780307744234
RRP: $39.00$26.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307744234Author Kathy RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 235gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Inventing Women: Science, Technology and Gender Gill Kirkup (The Open University) 9780745609782
RRP: $48.73$42.53Inventing Women explores important and controversial debates about the gendering of science and technology and their relationship to women. This book discusses how such gendering occurs, the scientific basis for claims of sex difference, the... -
Barbaric Others: A Manifesto on Western Racism by Ziauddin Sardar 9780745307435
$55.34The word barbarian is derived from the Greek term 'barbaroi' - or one who cannot speak Greek. As the Greeks believed that language was the tool of reason, non-Greek speakers, therefore, were considered devoid of the facility to reason or to act according... -
Suspect Communities: Anti-Muslim Racism and the Domestic War on Terror by Nicole Nguyen 9781517906405
RRP: $40.93$35.82The first major qualitative study of "countering violent extremism" in key U.S. cities Suspect Communities is a powerful reassessment of the U.S. government's "countering violent extremism" (CVE) program that has arisen in major cities across the United... -
Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field by Howard Bryant 9780807002315
RRP: $27.28$19.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807002315Author Howard BryantFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Horrible White People: Gender, Genre, and Television's Precarious Whiteness by Taylor Nygaard
RRP: $46.78$40.64Examines the bleak television comedies that illustrate the obsession of the white left with its own anxiety and suffering At the same time that right-wing political figures like Donald Trump were elected and reactionary socio-economic policies like... -
Reproductive Technologies: Gender, Motherhood and Medicine by Michelle Stanworth
$35.28The creation of 'test-tube babies' acted as a spur to public debate about the implications of research on embryos, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, and the whole range of technologies concerned with human reproduction. The scope of... -
Race, Identity and Citizenship: A Reader Rodolfo D. Torres (California State University, Long Beach) 9780631210221
RRP: $91.55$80.61In recent years, race and ethnicity have been the focus of theoretical, political, and policy debates. This comprehensive and timely reader covers the range of topics that have been at the center of these debates including critical race theory,... -
The Lessons of Ubuntu: How an African Philosophy Can Inspire Racial Healing in America by Mark Mathabane 9781510712614
RRP: $37.03$30.19A roadmap to healing America's wounds, bridging the racial divide, and diminishing our anger.Mathabane touched the hearts of millions of people around the world with his powerful memoir, Kaffir Boy, about growing up under apartheid in South Africa and... -
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 9780679601517
$23.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679601517Author James BaldwinFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 192mm *... -
The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan by Laurence Leamer 9780062458360
$19.70The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most pernicious organizations in American history-the Ku... -
Equality and Efficiency by Arthur M. Okun 9780815764755
$35.28Contemporary American society has the look of a split-level structure. Its political and social institutions distribute rights and privileges universally and proclaim the equality of all citizens. Yet economic institutions, with efficiency as their... -
Sinti and Roma: Gypsies in German-speaking Society and Literature by Susan Tebbutt 9781571819222
RRP: $46.70$38.01"...this collection ...is most welcome ...presents aspects of a fascinating and complex picture ...this informative and thought-provoking project calls upon us, the readers, to re-examine our own moral and ethical positions." * Monatshefte... -
The Body Nicholas J. Fox (University of Sheffield) 9780745651248
RRP: $29.23$26.48The medical and social sciences offer us many ways of understanding the human body and what it can do. From biology and psychology to sociology and philosophy, a range of disciplines supply us with a rich yet challenging picture. On the one hand, our... -
Burgers in Blackface: Anti-Black Restaurants Then and Now by Naa Oyo A. Kwate
RRP: $17.55$15.56Exposes and explores the prevalence of racist restaurant branding in the United States Aunt Jemima is the face of pancake mix. Uncle Ben sells rice. Chef Rastus shills for Cream of Wheat. Stereotyped Black faces and bodies have long promoted retail food... -
Outside the Glow: Protestants and Irishness in Independent Ireland by Heather Crawford 9781906359447
RRP: $46.80$44.60Does it still matter which foot you dig with in today's Republic of Ireland? "Outside the Glow" examines the relationship between Protestants and Catholics and the notion that southern Protestants are somehow not really Irish. From extensive interviews... -
Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown by Kevin J. McMahon
RRP: $50.70$48.46Many have questioned FDR's record on race, suggesting that he had the opportunity but not the will to advance the civil rights of African Americans. Kevin J. McMahon challenges this view, arguing instead that Roosevelt's administration played a crucial... -
The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth by Derron Wallace
$186.79In The Culture Trap, Derron Wallace argues that the overreliance on culture to explain Black students' achievement and behavior in schools is a trap that undermines the historical factors and institutional processes that shape how Black students... -
The Law of Difference by Sunday Adelaja 9789661592802
RRP: $26.23$24.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789661592802Author Sunday AdelajaFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Golden Pen LimitedPublisher Golden Pen LimitedWeight(grams) 507gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Body Trade: Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific by Barbara Creed
RRP: $72.13$63.43Body Trade exposes myths surrounding the trade in heads, cannibalism, captive white women, the display of indigenous people in fairs and circuses, the stolen generations, the 'comfort' women and the making of the exotic/erotic body. This is a lively and... -
Gender and the Political Economy of Development: From Nationalism to Globalization by Shirin M. Rai 9780745614915
$37.13"Rai subjects the projects of both national development and globalization to searching scrutiny through a gender lens. Her emphasis on the intersection of gender and other forms of inequality is very timely. An excellent text for a wide range of courses... -
Stolen Honor: Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin by Katherine Pratt Ewing
RRP: $42.88$37.42The covered Muslim woman is a common spectacle in Western media-a victim of male brutality, the oppressed and suffering wife or daughter. And the resulting negative stereotypes of Muslim men, stereotypes reinforced by the post-9/11 climate in which he is... -
The International Politics of Race Michael Banton (University of Bristol) 9780745630496
RRP: $37.03$32.90In this important and timely new book, Michael Banton examines the international politics of racial discrimination and racism. The book recounts key events in the international politics of race during the past few decades. It discusses the difficulties... -
The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America by Michelle S. Phelps 9780691245980
RRP: $48.75$43.74Challenges to racialized policing, from early reform efforts to BLM protests and the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder The eruption of Black Lives Matter protests against police violence in 2014 spurred a wave of police reform. One of the places to... -
Race Critical Theories: Text and Context Philomena Essed (University of Amsterdam) 9780631214380
RRP: $91.55$80.61Race Critical Theories brings together many of the key contributors to critical theorizing about race and racism over the past twenty years. Each previously published text is accompanied by a fresh statement - in most cases written by the authors... -
The White Architects of Black Education: Ideology and Power in America, 1865-1954 by William H. Watkins 9780807740422
$62.85A historical investigation into the political and ideological foundations of the "miseducation of the Negro" in America, this timely and provocative volume explores the men and ideas that helped shape educational and societal apartheid from the Civil War... -
Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity by Joshua Barker 9780824837419
RRP: $48.65$43.76We live in a world populated not just by individuals but by figures, those larger-than-life people who in some way express and challenge our conventional understandings of social types. This innovative and collaborative work takes up the wide range of... -
The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations for Racial Healing by Catherine Meeks 9781640655973
RRP: $35.08$23.99From the winner of The President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, a spiritual guide to restoring yourself from racial trauma and committing to the long work of dismantling racism.In her work as Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center... -
Understanding 'Race' and Ethnicity: Theory, History, Policy, Practice Samara Linton 9781447339663
RRP: $54.58$42.06This new edition of a widely-respected textbook examines welfare policy and racism in a broad framework that marries theory, evidence, history and contemporary debate. Fully updated, it contains: * a new foreword by Professor Kate Pickett, acclaimed... -
European Muslim Antisemitism: Why Young Urban Males Say They Don't Like Jews by Gunther Jikeli
RRP: $54.58$47.07Antisemitism from Muslims has become a serious issue in Western Europe, although not often acknowledged as such. Looking for insights into the views and rationales of young Muslims toward Jews, Gunther Jikeli and his colleagues interviewed 117 ordinary... -
Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America by Gary Alan Fine
RRP: $58.50$45.42Legends are arguably the most common narrative form of folklore in American society. From sex acts to business transactions, from fashion to food, from heroes to heroin, rumors and legends take on every charged topic. Children circulate texts about toys... -
Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race by Jennifer Carlson 9780691212814
RRP: $35.08$28.04An urgent look at the relationship between guns, the police, and raceThe United States is steeped in guns, gun violence-and gun debates. As arguments rage on, one issue has largely been overlooked-Americans who support gun control turn to the police as... -
Wait-Is This Racist?: A Guide to Becoming an Anti-racist Church by Kerry Connelly 9780664267506
RRP: $40.95$35.39A "Be-It-Yourself" Guide to Anti-racism for Churches and Church LeadersWhether you have been an ally for years or just recently opened your eyes to racial injustice, guiding your predominantly white church toward anti-racism is a daunting task. Where do... -
An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy by Kenny Xu
RRP: $33.13$22.66From a journalist on the frontlines of the Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard case comes a probing examination of affirmative action, the false narrative of American meritocracy, and the attack on Asian American excellence with its... -
Unequal Cities: Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States by Richard McGahey 9780231173346
RRP: $58.50$45.42Cities are central to prosperity: they are hubs of innovation and growth. However, the economic vitality of wealthy cities is marred by persistent and pervasive inequality-and deeply entrenched anti-urban policies and politics limit the options to... -
Whiteness Just Isn't What It Used To Be: White Identity in a Changing South Africa by Melissa Steyn 9780791450802
$56.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791450802Author Melissa SteynFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad 9781728209807
RRP: $50.68$31.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728209807Author Layla F. SaadFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 184mm *... -
Who Is Black?: One Nation's Definition by Floyd James Davis 9780271021720
RRP: $48.65$43.66This volume is the Tenth Anniversary Edition of a book that was honored in 1992 as an "Outstanding Book" by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States. Reprinted many times since its first publication in 1991, Who Is... -
Invisible No More by Andrea J. Ritchie
RRP: $37.03$27.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807088982Author Andrea RitchieFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 550gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Black Mirror: The Cultural Contradictions of American Racism by Eric Lott
RRP: $70.10$56.47Blackness, as the entertainment and sports industries well know, is a prized commodity in American pop culture. Marketed to white consumers, black culture invites whites to view themselves in a mirror of racial difference, while at the same time offering...