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Deflective Whiteness : co-opting Black and Latinx identity politics /

Provides a synthesis of critical Whiteness studies to date and uses a wide-ranging collection of cultural objects, including memes, oration, music, advertisement and news coverage, to show how the scripts of White deflection sustain and reproduce structures of inequality and injustice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noel, Hannah, 1986- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2022].
Series:Race and mediated cultures.
Subjects:
White nationalism.
White people > United States > Attitudes.
Racism > United States.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions.
Social movements.
Social justice.
Description
Summary:Provides a synthesis of critical Whiteness studies to date and uses a wide-ranging collection of cultural objects, including memes, oration, music, advertisement and news coverage, to show how the scripts of White deflection sustain and reproduce structures of inequality and injustice.
Physical Description:xii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index.
ISBN:9780814215180
0814215181