Racing for innocence [electronic resource] : whiteness, gender, and the backlash against affirmative action / Jennifer L. Pierce.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.Description: xii, 233 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 331.13/30973 23
LOC classification:
  • HF5549.5.A34 P54 2012eb
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Contents:
Introduction : telling stories about race in an era of colorblindness -- Innocence and injury : the politics of cultural memory in print news media -- Filming racial progress : the transformation of white male innocence -- Racing for innocence : stories of disavowal and exclusion -- Stand by your man : women lawyers and affirmative action -- Small talk : a short story -- Commentary : ambivalent racism -- Conclusion : still racing for innocence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : telling stories about race in an era of colorblindness -- Innocence and injury : the politics of cultural memory in print news media -- Filming racial progress : the transformation of white male innocence -- Racing for innocence : stories of disavowal and exclusion -- Stand by your man : women lawyers and affirmative action -- Small talk : a short story -- Commentary : ambivalent racism -- Conclusion : still racing for innocence.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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