Situating "race" and racisms in time, space, and theory : critical essays for activists and scholars

Summary:Grounded in real life and theoretically charged, the nine essays in this interdisciplinary collection explore how race, racisms, and racialization are changing and suggest strategies for reading their emerging forms and discourses. Race has historically been defined by visible difference, but the slippery nature and malleability of racisms and racialising processes challenge scholars and activists to remain vigilant, responsive, and critical in their analyses and actions Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Toward a Critical Literacy of Racisms, Anti-Racisms, and Racialization Deconstructing Race, Deconstructing Racism (with Postscript 2004) On Being and not Being Brown/Black-British: Racism, Class, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Post-Imperial Britain (with Postscript 2004: The Politics of Longing and (Un)Belonging, Fear, and Loathing) Mixed Metaphors: Positioning "Mixed Race" Identity Turning In, Turning Out: The Shifting Formations of "Japanese Canadian" from Uprooting to Redress Racist Visions for the Twenty-First Century: On the Banal Force of the French Radical Right Unravelling South Africa's Racial Order: The Historiography of Racism, Segregation, and Apartheid A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Globe and Mail Editorials on Employment Equity Orientalizing "War Talk": Representations of the Gendered Muslim Body Post-9/11 in The Montreal Gazette Contributors Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y This collection explores the strengths and weaknesses of postmodern social theory in the struggle against racism. Recognizing diversity as a conduit for resilience, endurance, and strength, the editors have tried to encourage coalition building by bringing together historians, sociologists, cultural theorists, and literary scholars in dialogue with artists and activists. Topics considered include nation formation, racialized states, cultural racism, multiculturalism, hyphenated and mixed-race identities, media and representation, and shifting identities.