From the mid-nineteenth century until the 1930s, many Latin American leaders faced a difficult dilemma regarding the idea of race. On the one hand, they aspired to an ever closer connection to Europe and North America, where during much of this period "scientific" thought condem…
The theory that the Jews have their own distinctive and inherent physical characteristics goes back to the Middle Ages and was used in many cases to denigrate Jews. In the 19th-early 20th centuries, the theory of a specific Jewish race (separate and common to all Jews) served to…
Noted social scientist Eviatar Zerubavel casts a critical eye on how we trace our past-individually and collectively arguing that rather than simply find out who our ancestors are from genetics or history, we actually create the stories that make them our ancestors.
Each essay explores commonly held and unexamined assumptions and misperceptions about race in science and popular culture. The collection begins with the historical origins and current uses of the concept of race in science. It follows with an analysis of the role of race in DNA…
Each essay explores commonly held and unexamined assumptions and misperceptions about race in science and popular culture. The collection begins with the historical origins and current uses of the concept of race in science. It follows with an analysis of the role of race in DNA…
Counter The term "feminism" conjures up the promise of resistance to the various forms of oppression women face. But feminism's ability to fulfill this promise has been undermined by its failure to deal adequately with the difference that race makes for gender. In this book, Ell…
Counter The term "feminism" conjures up the promise of resistance to the various forms of oppression women face. But feminism's ability to fulfill this promise has been undermined by its failure to deal adequately with the difference that race makes for gender. In this book, Ell…
