Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader

by Les Back (Editor), John Solomos (Editor)

Theories of Race and A Reader is an important and innovative collection that brings together extracts from the work of scholars, both established and up and coming, who have helped to shape the study of race and racism as an historical and contemporary phenomenon. This second edition incorporates new contributions and editorial material and allows readers to explore the changing terms of debates about the nature of race and racism in contemporary societies. All six parts are organized around the contributions made by theorists whose work has been influential in shaping theoretical debates. The various contributions have been chosen to reflect different theoretical perspectives and to help readers gain a feel for the changing terms of theoretical debate over time. As well as covering the main concerns of past and recent theoretical debates it provides a glimpse of relatively new areas of interest that are likely to attract more attention in years to come.

Genres: Race, Politics, Sociology, History, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Theory

744 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 1999

Reviews

[Blaze-Pascal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book as a primary source reader with regards to the discourse of race. Must read for anyone interested in the major concepts and categories associated with "race" discourse. Robert Miles's essay is a must read.

[Jeremy Carnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book for big ideas and concepts in critical race theory. More British-centric than I was hoping for, but still a solid collection.

[Graham Cammock · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good read, multi-authored hence, there are many different views on race and racism. Highly recommend!

[Bristol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super comprehensive, hugely broad selection of topics, and while some of it is very dense and somewhat hard to get through, sections are also so interesting, it's a breeze. I missed about 40 total pages of readings in this, but I'm refusing to not count this because I put so much time into reading this, this semester.

Another great, really important sociological text focusing on the processes of racialization, and colonization (mainly) but with so much more included.