Whiteness: An Introduction

One of the key areas of debate about race and ethnicity in recent years has been the question of the construction of whiteness. Much of this literature has focused on the situation in the US but there has been a rapid growth of interest in other countries. This book highlights some of the key features of these debates. The author, Steve Garner, argues that whiteness is a multifaceted and fluid identity which must be incorporated into any contemporary understandings of racism as a system of power relationships. This innovative book: Provides a critical review of key themes for the multidisciplinary literature on whiteness; Utilises a balanced combination of theory, existing empirical data and new fieldwork to demonstrate how political identities are being expressed with the idea of whiteness holding them together; Presents ways in which whiteness has been conceptualised in the past and at present; Presents examples of marginal Whites, nation-building and white minorities. Whiteness is an essential purchase for students of Sociology, History, Politics and Cultural Studies studying topics relating to Race and Ethnicity and Whiteness Studies.Steve Garner is the author of 'Whiteness: An Introduction', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415403634 and ISBN 0415403634.