Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising

Type

Book

Authors

Gooding-Williams ( Robert Gooding-Williams )

ISBN 10

0415907357

ISBN 13

9780415907354

Tags

African-American & Black, United States, State & Local, Reference, Communication & Media Studies, African-American Studies, Minority Studies, Discrimination & Racism, Social Sciences, Media Studies

Description

Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising keeps the public debate alive by exploring the connections between the Rodney King incidents and the ordinary workings of cultural, political, and economic power in contemporary America. Its recurrent theme is the continuing, complicated significance of race in American society. Contributors: Houston A. Baker, Jr.; Judith Butler; Sumi K. Cho; Kimberle Crenshaw; Mike Davis; Thomas L. Dumm; Walter C. Farrell, Jr.; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Ruth Wilson Gilmore; Robert Gooding-Williams; James H. Johnson, Jr.; Elaine H. Kim; Melvin L. Oliver; Michael Omi; Gary Peller; Cedric J. Robinson; Jerry Watts; Cornel West; Patricia Williams; Rhonda M. Williams; Howard Winant. - from Amzon

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