Privilege A Reader

Name: Privilege A Reader
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ISBN: 9780813344263

ISBN-10: 0813344263

ISBN-13: 9780813344263

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Michael S. Kimmel, Abby L. Ferber

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Innovative and thought-provoking, this timely anthology expands the concept of privilege in America beyond the traditional limiters of being white and male. In addition to readings from well-known authors in the field, this edition includes pieces from contemporary scholars breaking new ground in superordinate studies. Seventeen carefully selected essays explore the multifaceted aspects of privilege: how race, gender, class, and sexual preference interact in the lives of those who are privileged by one or more of these identities. Written from a variety of viewpoints, personal and analytic, the essays in this volume help students understand that ldquo;racerdquo; can mean white people,…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Publication date: 12/22/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



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Preface


Introduction: Toward a Pedagogy of the Oppressor



Making Privilege Visible



White Privilege and Male Privilege




The Black Male Privileges Checklist




Why Are Droves of Unqualified, Unprepared Kids Getting into Our Top Colleges? Because Their Dads Are Alumni




On Being Okie








The Heterosexual Questionnaire




Understanding Privilege



Privilege, Power, Differences and Us




How Jews Became White




Masculinity as Homophobia




On White Pride, Reverse Racism, and Other Delusions




Class: Still Alive and Reproducing in the United States




Examining Intersections



Invisibility/Hypervisibility: The Paradox of Normative Whiteness




Class and Race: The New Black Elite




How Gay Stays White and What Kind of White It Stays




Moving Forward



Subverting Racism from Within




Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection




Dismantling Privilege and Becoming an Activist



Index