The American dream in black & white : the Clarence Thomas hearings /
Flax, Jane.
Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press,
1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-155) and index.
American dilemmas and the American Dream -- American dream or nightmare? Horatio Alger and Race(d) men -- The male/africanist presence : senatorial representations -- The female/africanist presence : male bonding in contemporary American politics -- Whose hearing? sexual harassment and the female tease -- The horror of blackness : sleaze, dirt, and female traitors -- "At least McCarthy was elected" : fraternal reconciliation -- "This is all Shakespeare" : Doggett and the transformation of tragedy into farce -- Wht race/gender domination persists : the necessary failures of abstract individualism and identity politics.
Thomas, Clarence, 1948-
United States. Supreme Court
Judges