The Creolizing Subject
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Author | : Michael J. Monahan |
Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780823234493 |
ISBN-13 | : 0823234495 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Creolizing Subject by : Michael J. Monahan
Book excerpt: How does our understanding of the reality (or lack thereof ) of race as a category of being affect our understanding of racism as a social phenomenon, and vice versa? This book focuses on the underlying assumptions that inform this view of race and racism, arguing that it is ultimately bound up in a politics of purity-an understanding of human agency, and reality itself, as requiring all-or-nothing categories with clear and unambiguous boundaries. Monahan calls for the emergence of a creolizing subjectivity that would place such ambiguity at the center of our understanding of race.