| Description |
200 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Knowing "whiteness" -- Troubling "race" -- Talk, tea, and tape recorders -- Narrating the self -- Seeing, talking, living "race" -- In search of a "good mix" : "race", class, and gender and practices of mothering -- How English am I? -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"White Lives reconsiders white identities through white experiences of race. Exploring race, alongside class and gender, Bridget Byrne analyses the flexibility of racialised discourse in everyday life, while simultaneously arguing for a radical deconstruction of the notions of race these discourses create."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-190) and index |
| Subject |
Women, White -- England -- London -- Social conditions.
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Women, White -- England -- London -- Interviews.
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Mothers -- England -- London -- Interviews.
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Whites -- Race identity -- England -- London.
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Race awareness -- England -- London.
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| SUBJECT |
London (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665 -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| LC no. |
2005022213 |
| ISBN |
0415347114 |
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9780415347112 |
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9780415347129 |
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0415347122 |
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