Whiteness Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Whiteness and Teacher Education

   By Edie White

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Due to the rise of internet use and a move toward globalization, it may be assumed that white millennial college students are more accepting of cultural diversity and are more likely to be advocates for social justice than generations that have come before them. This project shows that while many...

   Published November 20th 2011 by Routledge
2. Deconstructing Europe

   Postcolonial Perspectives

   Edited by Sandra Ponzanesi, Bolette Blaagaard

   This book engages with the question of what makes Europe postcolonial and how memory, whiteness and religion figure in representations and manifestations of European ‘identity’ and self-perception. To deconstruct Europe is necessary as its definition is now contested more than ever, both internally...

   Published September 28th 2011 by Routledge
3. Retheorizing Race and Whiteness in the 21st Century

   Changes and Challenges

   Edited by Charles A. Gallagher, France Winddance Twine

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   Retheorizing Race and Whiteness in the 21st Century examines the role whiteness and white identities play in framing and reworking racial categories, hierarchies and boundaries within the context of nation, class, gender and immigration. It takes as its theoretical starting point the understanding...

   Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
4. Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity

   Celtic Soul Brothers

   By Lauren Onkey

   Series: Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity

   Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity analyzes the long history of imagined and real relationships between the Irish and African-Americans since the mid-nineteenth century in popular culture and literature. Irish writers and political activists have often claimed - and thereby created - a "...

   Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
5. White Weddings

   Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, 2nd Edition

   By Chrys Ingraham

   This is a groundbreaking study of our culture's obsession with weddings. By examining popular films, commercials, magazines, advertising, television sitcoms and even children's toys, this book shows the pervasive influence of weddings in our culture and the important role they play in maintaining...

   Published January 30th 2008 by Routledge
6. Whiteness

   An Introduction

   By Steve Garner

   What is whiteness? Why is it worth using as a tool in the social sciences? Making sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book skilfully argues how this concept can help us understand contemporary societies. If one of sociology's objectives is to make the familiar unfamiliar in order to...

   Published August 8th 2007 by Routledge
7. Two-Faced Racism

   Whites in the Backstage and Frontstage

   By Leslie Picca, Joe Feagin

   Two-Faced Racism examines and explains the racial attitudes and behaviours exhibited by whites in private settings. While there are many books that deal with public attitudes, behaviours, and incidences concerning race and racism (frontstage), there are few studies on the attitudes whites display...

   Published April 22nd 2007 by Routledge
8. White Lives

   The Interplay of 'Race', Class and Gender in Everyday Life

   By Bridget Byrne

   This revealing book explores the processes of racialization, class and gender, and examines how these processes play out in the everyday lives of white women living in London with young children. Bridget Byrne analyzes the flexibility of racialized discourse in everyday life, whilst simultaneously...

   Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge
9. How the Irish Became White

   By Noel Ignatiev

   Ignatiev traces the tattered history of Irish and African-American relations, revealing how the Irish used labor unions, the Catholic Church and the Democratic party to succeed in American. He uncovers the roots of conflict between Irish-Americans and African-Americans and draws a powerful...

   Published August 20th 1996 by Routledge
10. Race Traitor

    Edited by Noel Ignatiev, John Garvey

    Race Traitor brings together voices ranging from tenured university professors to skinheads and prison inmates to discuss the "white question" in America. Working from the premise that the white race has been socially constructed, Race Traitor is a call for the disruption of white conformity and...

    Published April 29th 1996 by Routledge