2013 HONORABLE MENTION; ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANIST SOCIOLOGY BOOK AWARD2012 FINALIST; SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS C. WRIGHT MILLS BOOK AWARDDiscussions of race are inevitably fraught with tension; both in opinion and positioning. Too frequently; debates are framed as clear points of opposition--us versus them. And when considering white racial identity; a split between progressive movements and a neoconservative backlash is all too frequently assumed. Taken at face value; it would seem that whites are splintering into antagonistic groups; with differing worldviews; values; and ideological stances.White Bound investigates these dividing lines; questioning the very notion of a fracturing whiteness; and in so doing offers a unique view of white racial identity. Matthew Hughey spent over a year attending the meetings; reading the literature; and interviewing members of two white organizations--a white nationalist group and a white antiracist group. Though he found immediate political differences; he observed surprising similarities. Both groups make meaning of whiteness through a reliance on similar racist and reactionary stories and worldviews.On the whole; this book puts abstract beliefs and theoretical projection about the supposed fracturing of whiteness into relief against the realities of two groups never before directly compared with this much breadth and depth. By examining the similarities and differences between seemingly antithetical white groups; we see not just the many ways of being white; but how these actors make meaning of whiteness in ways that collectively reproduce both white identity and; ultimately; white supremacy.
#565401 in Books Stanford University Press 1995-02-01 1995-02-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.10 x 6.00l; 1.29 #File Name: 0804725217428 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy hudunit333This is a very good book about exactly what the title says. It's well written. I learned a lot.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy CustomerSlow to start but ends well3 of 5 people found the following review helpful. An excellent review of NE Asian relationshipsBy A CustomerBusy people need to know the right things to read.This book is compelling and relevant to current issues as Russia; China; Japan; North Korea; Taiwan; and the US are jockeying for position in Asia in the post Cold War years. Lewis and his co-authors examine the relationships; strategy and concerns of the key players; particularly Stalin; Mao and Kim during the post WWII years through the beginning of the Korean War. The authors; using documents made available recently from Russia and China; examine in detail these interactions; the negotiations of a new Sino-Soviet treaty and the flow of events which resulted in the particular balance between those powers in the Korean War. However; they also provide an excellent Summary chapter which tracks their key observations.The events discussed in this book are 50 years in the past. However; the political orientation of that region; originally achieved in a kind of local balance; has frozen while the major players have ev! ! olved into significantly different entities and all of the personalities have changed. This means that the strain on the relationships of the NE Asian region is becoming increasingly acute as the pressures for realignment to a new balance increase.The exercise of tracking the interplay of these strategists during the dynamic developments of the late 1940s; their concerns and priorities; sharply orients the mind to the delicate issues of balance which still exist. I recommend this book; and particularly the Summary chapter; to those who need to have the underpinnings of the NE Asian region in mind during the coming years of dynamic re orientation of the region. A clear understanding by policy makers might even result in a new balance which favors peace; democracy; stability and productive market relationships while respecting and responding to the immovable demands of territorial sovereignty; and national security required by each of these entities.Gary Stradling
