Technology and the logic of American racism : a cultural history of the body as evidence

Technology and the logic of American racism : a cultural history of the body as evidence / Sarah E. Chinn.

In this book, Sarah E. Chinn pulls together what seems to be opposite discourses--the information-driven languages of law and medicine and the subjective logics of racism--to examine how racial identity has been constructed in the United States over the past century. She examines a range of primary...

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Main Author: Chinn, Sarah E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, 2000.
Series:Critical research in material culture.
Subjects:
Race awareness > United States > History.
Racism > United States > History.
Human body > Social aspects > United States > History.
Human body > Symbolic aspects > United States > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Technology > Social aspects > United States > History.
Race awareness in literature.
African Americans in literature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
African Americans in literature
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Human body > Social aspects
Human body > Symbolic aspects
Race awareness
Race awareness in literature
Race relations
Racism
Technology > Social aspects
United States > Race relations.
United States
History
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Summary:In this book, Sarah E. Chinn pulls together what seems to be opposite discourses--the information-driven languages of law and medicine and the subjective logics of racism--to examine how racial identity has been constructed in the United States over the past century. She examines a range of primary social case studies such as the American Red Cross' lamentable decision to segregate the blood of black and white donors during World War II, and its ramifications for American culture, and more recent examples that reveal the racist nature of criminology, such as the recent trial of O.J. Simpson. A.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.
ISBN:9781847143570
1847143571
1281298069
9781281298065
9786611298067
6611298061
Access:Legal Deposit;
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.

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