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245 10 a| Buying whiteness :b| race, culture, and identity from Columbus to Hip Hop /c| Gary Taylor.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Palgrave Macmillan,c| 2005.;

300 a| xii, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 25 cm.;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Signs of race;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-486) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: White fictions -- pt. 1. Initiation. -- The absence of whiteness -- The shock of whiteness -- Confounded whiteness -- White after black -- pt. 2. Consolidation. -- Popular whiteness -- White servitude -- White supremacy -- pt. 3. Ramification. -- White right -- White science -- White nation -- Epilogue: White noise.;

520 1 a| "What does it mean to be white? When and why did European men buy the idea that they were "whites," and who sold it to them? The secret history of whiteness is told, for the first time, in this important book by an internationally-acclaimed cultural historian and journalist. Gary Taylor tracks the growth of modern white identity through the history of art, law, literature, science, and sexuality - and through the eyes of black and brown observers. Combining innovative use of modern databases with discoveries in unpublished manuscripts, Buying Whiteness uncovers a history with profound implications for everyone who is white - or not."--Jacket;

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Buying whiteness : race, culture, and identity from Columbus to Hip Hop / Gary Taylor.

Author/creator	Taylor, Gary, 1953-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Description	xii, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Subjects	English literature--History and criticism. Race in literature. American literature--History and criticism. Race awareness--English-speaking countries. Slavery--English-speaking countries. Racism--English-speaking countries. African Americans in literature. Human skin color in literature. Slavery in literature. Racism in literature. White people in literature. Black people in literature. Racism--English-speaking countries. --History. Men, White, in literature.

Series	Signs of race Signs of race. ^A591276
Contents	Introduction: White fictions -- pt. 1. Initiation. -- The absence of whiteness -- The shock of whiteness -- Confounded whiteness -- White after black -- pt. 2. Consolidation. -- Popular whiteness -- White servitude -- White supremacy -- pt. 3. Ramification. -- White right -- White science -- White nation -- Epilogue: White noise.
Review	"What does it mean to be white? When and why did European men buy the idea that they were "whites," and who sold it to them? The secret history of whiteness is told, for the first time, in this important book by an internationally-acclaimed cultural historian and journalist. Gary Taylor tracks the growth of modern white identity through the history of art, law, literature, science, and sexuality - and through the eyes of black and brown observers. Combining innovative use of modern databases with discoveries in unpublished manuscripts, Buying Whiteness uncovers a history with profound implications for everyone who is white - or not."--Jacket
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-486) and index.
LCCN	2004050646
ISBN	1403960712 (HC : alk. paper)

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