How racism takes place / George Lipsitz.

Author/creator Lipsitz, George
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.
Descriptionvi, 310 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Racism--Economic aspects. --United States.
Income distribution--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.
African Americans--Economic conditions.
Human geography--United States.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Social conditions.

Contents Introduction: race, place, and power -- Social imaginaries and social relations -- The white spatial imaginary -- The Black spatial imaginary -- Spectatorship and citizenship -- Space, sports, and spectatorship in St. Louis -- The crime The wire couldn't name : social decay and cynical detachment in Baltimore -- A bridge for this book -- Weapons of the weak and weapons of the strong -- Visible archives -- Horace Tapscott and the world stage in Los Angeles -- John Biggers and project row houses in Houston -- Invisible archives -- Betye Saar's Los Angeles and Paule Marshall's Brooklyn -- Something left to love : Lorraine Hansberry's Chicago -- Race and place today -- New Orleans today : we know this place -- A place where everybody is somebody.
Abstract Argues that racism continues to the present day due to practices that force different racial groups into specific areas, where such commodities as education, transportation, and jobs are unevenly distributed to the residents based on the area.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010045079
ISBN9781439902554 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1439902550 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781439902561 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1439902569 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781439902578 (e-book)
ISBN1439902577 (e-book)
Standard identifier# 40019194937

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E185.615 .L5765 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold