Beyond Black & white
Subtitle: race, ethnicity, and gender in the U.S. South and Southwest
By: edited by Stephanie Cole and Alison M. Parker ; introduction by Nancy A. Hewitt ; by Laura F. Edwards ... [et al.].
Contributors: Cole, Stephanie, 1962-; Parker, Alison M. 1965-; Edwards, Laura F.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ;; no. 35; Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ;; 35.
Publisher: Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Ethnicity -- Southern States.; Ethnicity -- Southwest, New.; Sex role -- Southern States.; Sex role -- Southwest, New.; Southern States -- Race relations.; Southwest, New -- Race relations.; Southern States -- Ethnic relations.; Southwest, New -- Ethnic relations.; Southern States -- Social conditions.; Southwest, New -- Social conditions.
Other titles: Beyond Black and white
Description: "This volume provides links between ideas and events within Southern history to those of the Southwest. In their various chapters, the seven contributors illustrate that elites' common (and inaccurate) use of dichotomous categories to describe social relationships - not only black and white, but also male and female, slave and free, dependent and independent - have shored up white power in both regions. Together they illustrate multilevel social diversity and demonstrate that acceptance then and now of simple binaries has impeded efforts by groups outside those categories to claim recognition, rights, and privileges on their own terms." "All those interested in race and public policy as well as social activism concerned with racial, ethnic, and gender issues will find in these thought-provoking analyses a doorway to deeper understanding."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.