The Problem of Race in the Twenty-first Century / Thomas C. Holt.
2022
HT1521 ǂb H585 2000eb
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Title
The Problem of Race in the Twenty-first Century / Thomas C. Holt.
Author
Holt, Thomas C., author.
ISBN
9780674038752
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2002
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (160 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674038752 doi
Call Number
HT1521 ǂb H585 2000eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.8
Summary
"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line," W. E. B. Du Bois wrote in 1903, and his words have proven sadly prophetic. As we enter the twenty-first century, the problem remains--and yet it, and the line that defines it, have shifted in subtle but significant ways. This brief book speaks powerfully to the question of how the circumstances of race and racism have changed in our time--and how these changes will affect our future. Foremost among the book's concerns are the contradictions and incoherence of a system that idealizes black celebrities in politics, popular culture, and sports even as it diminishes the average African-American citizen. The world of the assembly line, boxer Jack Johnson's career, and The Birth of a Nation come under Holt's scrutiny as he relates the malign progress of race and racism to the loss of industrial jobs and the rise of our modern consumer society. Understanding race as ideology, he describes the processes of consumerism and commodification that have transformed, but not necessarily improved, the place of black citizens in our society. As disturbing as it is enlightening, this timely work reveals the radical nature of change as it relates to race and its cultural phenomena. It offers conceptual tools and a new way to think and talk about racism as social reality.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
Series
The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Race, Culture, and History
1. Racial Identity and the Project of Modernity
2. Race and Culture in a Consumer Society
3. Race, Nation, and the Global Economy
Epilogue: The Future of Race
Notes
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Race, Culture, and History
1. Racial Identity and the Project of Modernity
2. Race and Culture in a Consumer Society
3. Race, Nation, and the Global Economy
Epilogue: The Future of Race
Notes