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Overview
This book presents a class-based analysis of poststructuralism and race. The author positions this fundamental question at the heart of his project: why does race still work if it is commonly misunderstood to be a social construct? The answer is that race works because it operates like a commodity, and like any commodity, as long as it generates value (understood in the widest possible sense: economic, political, and cultural-ideological value), it will remain in circulation. This study should contribute to our understanding of race by linking questions of use value to exchange value.
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- ISBN-13: 9780761845058
- ISBN-10: 0761845054
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publish Date: March 2009
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.56 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 176
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