基本説明
Includes engaging short essays by noted anthropologists to illustrate personal, historical, and scientific concepts of race. Illustrated in full colour with images from the popular US public education project and museum exhibit 'RACE: Are We So Different?'
Full Description
Perspectives on race today Featuring new and engaging essays by noted anthropologists and illustrated with full color photos, RACE: Are We So Different? is an accessible and fascinating look at the idea of race, demonstrating how current scientific understanding is often inconsistent with popular notions of race. Taken from the popular national public education project and museum exhibition, it explores the contemporary experience of race and racism in the United States and the often-invisible ways race and racism have influenced laws, customs, and social institutions.
Contents
List of Illustrations vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Regarding Race 1 Part 1 Histories of Race, Difference, and Racism 7 2 Introducing Race 9 3 Creating Race 15 4 Human Mismeasure 26 5 Inventing Whiteness 44 6 Separate and Unequal 67 Part 2 Why Human Variation Is Not Racial 91 7 Introduction: Race Human Biological Variation 93 8 Skin Deep? 101 9 Sickle Cell Disease: Not for Blacks Only 111 10 The Apportionment of Variation, or Why We Are All Africans Under the Skin 123 11 The Evolution of Variation 133 Part 3 Living with Race and Racism 145 12 Introduction: Living with Race and Racism 147 13 Race and the Census 154 14 Race and Education 174 15 Linking Race and Wealth: An American Dilemma 195 16 Race and Health Disparities 214 17 Conclusion 231 Glossary 246 Index 253
