The American Dream in Black and White : The Clarence Thomas Hearings /

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"This is not. the nomination of a justice of the peace to some small county in some small state. This involves the very integrity and fabric of our country."-Senator Orrin G. HatchThe transcripts of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Clarence Thomas are extraordinarily rich and sug...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flax, Jane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States.
American Studies.
Political Science & Political History.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. American Dilemmas and the American Dream
  • CHAPTER ONE. American Dream or Nightmare? Horatio Alger and Race(d) Men
  • CHAPTER TWO. The Male/Africanist Presence: Senatorial Representations
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Female/Africanist Presence: Male Bonding in Contemporary American Politics
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Whose Hearing? Sexual Harassment and the Female Tease
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Horror of Blackness: Sleaze, Dirt, and Female Traitors
  • CHAPTER SIX. "At Least McCarthy Was Elected": Fraternal Reconciliation
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. "This Is All Shakespeare": Doggett and the Transformation of Tragedy into Farce
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Why Race/Gender Domination Persists: The Necessary Failures of Abstract Individualism and Identity Politics
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

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