White lives
Subtitle: the interplay of race, class, and gender in everyday life
By: Bridget Byrne.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Women, White -- England -- London -- Social conditions; Women, White -- England -- London -- Interviews; Mothers -- England -- London -- Interviews; Whites -- Race identity -- England -- London; Race awareness -- England -- London; London (England) -- Race relations
Genres: Interviews.
Description: "White Lives reconsiders white identities through white experiences of race. Exploring race, alongside class and gender, Bridget Byrne analyses the flexibility of racialised discourse in everyday life, while simultaneously arguing for a radical deconstruction of the notions of race these discourses create."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Knowing "whiteness"; title: Troubling "race"; title: Talk, tea, and tape recorders; title: Narrating the self; title: Seeing, talking, living "race"; title: In search of a "good mix" : "race", class, and gender and practices of mothering; title: How English am I?; title: Conclusion.