Signs of Race in Poststructuralism
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- ISBN 9780761845058
- Weight: 399g
- Dimensions: 162 x 239mm
- Publication Date: 16 Mar 2009
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book presents a class-based analysis of poststructuralism and race. The author positions this fundamental question at the heart of his project: why does race still work if it is commonly misunderstood to be a social construct? The answer is that race works because it operates like a commodity, and like any commodity, as long as it generates value (understood in the widest possible sense: economic, political, and cultural-ideological value), it will remain in circulation. This study should contribute to our understanding of race by linking questions of use value to exchange value.
Robert Young is associate professor of English at University of Alabama. He specializes in African-American literary and cultural theory.
