{"product_id":"understanding-everyday-racism-an-interdisciplinary-theory-sage-series-on-race-and-ethnic-relations","title":"Understanding Everyday Racism: An Interdisciplinary Theory (SAGE Series on Race and Ethnic Relations)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile there are numerous studies of racism and racial inequality at the macro-level of analysis  there has been little work done on the experience of everyday racism for black people. Philomena Esseds brilliant work fills this gap. This landmark volume compares contemporary racism in the United States and the Netherlands through in-depth interview data from more than 2 000 experiences of black women. As an interdisciplinary analysis of gendered social constructions of racism  it breaks new ground. Essed problematizes and reinterprets many of the meanings and everyday practices that the majority of society has come to take for granted. She addresses crucial but largely neglected dimensions of racism: How is racism experienced in everyday situations? How do black women recognize covert expressions of racism? What knowledge of racism do black women have  and how is this knowledge acquired? How do they challenge racism in everyday life? To answer these questions  over two thousand experiences of black women are analyzed within a theoretical framework that integrates the disciplines of macro- and micro-sociology  social psychology  discourse analysis  race relations theory  and womens studies. Samples include only black women with higher education. Many of their experiences of racism involve the \"elite\" among the dominant group. The book seriously challenges both the notion of Dutch tolerance and the idea that U.S. racism is a problem of the past. With this concept in mind  Understanding Everyday Racism is urgent reading. Esseds volume represents a landmark in the study of race and ethnicity and will interest researchers  lecturers  students  and professionals of discourse analysis  policy and womens studies  sociology  psychology  management  psychotherapy  and qualitative methodology. \"Without getting bogged down in nit-picking about the definition of racism  the author has succeeded in presenting the true face of racism and has investigated the sociology and psychology of racism. A marvellously subtle and skillful report of everyday racism.\" --Counselling Psychology Quarterly \"In this provocative book  Philomena Essed weaves insights from psychology  sociology  discourse analysis  and womens studies into an original and important new theoretical framework. She combines a phenomenological approach of describing the experiences of individuals with a structural account of inequality.\" --Contemporary Psychology \"Racism remains a contested concept in both popular and scholarly discourse. Typically unaware of the extent of institutionalized racism  whites generally deny that racism exists. People of color typically see things differently and interpret the dominant group perspective as insensitive and insincere. Philomena Esseds groundbreaking volume  Understanding Everyday Racism tackles this ambiguity surrounding both popular and scholarly interpretations of racism and sheds considerable light on the difference between dominant and subordinate group views. . . . Esseds volume makes an extremely important and unique contribution to our understanding of contemporary racism.\" --Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955128561717,"sku":"ByrdShop_0803942567","price":80.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780803942561.jpg?v=1770298981","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/understanding-everyday-racism-an-interdisciplinary-theory-sage-series-on-race-and-ethnic-relations","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}