Signs of Race in Poststructuralism: Toward a Transformative Theory of Race

This book presents a class-based analysis of poststructuralism and race. The author positions this fundamental question at the heart of his project: why does race still work if it is commonly misunderstood to be a social construct? The answer is that race works because it operates like a commodity, and like any commodity, as long as it generates value (understood in the widest possible sense: economic, political, and cultural-ideological value), it will remain in circulation. This study should contribute to our understanding of race by linking questions of use value to exchange value.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Young, Robert
Published: 03/16/2009
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761845058
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d