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Technology and the logic of American racism : a cultural history of the body as evidence /
In this book, Sarah E. Chinn pulls together what seems to be opposite discourses--the information-driven languages of law and medicine and the subjective logics of racism--to examine how racial identity has been constructed in the United States over the past century. She examines a range of primary...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2000.
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| Colección: | Critical research in material culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this book, Sarah E. Chinn pulls together what seems to be opposite discourses--the information-driven languages of law and medicine and the subjective logics of racism--to examine how racial identity has been constructed in the United States over the past century. She examines a range of primary social case studies such as the American Red Cross' lamentable decision to segregate the blood of black and white donors during World War II, and its ramifications for American culture, and more recent examples that reveal the racist nature of criminology, such as the recent trial of O.J. Simpson. A. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847143570 1847143571 1281298069 9781281298065 9786611298067 6611298061 |
| Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |