Dilemmas of allyship : White anti-racists and the challenges of social justice /
"The Dilemmas of Allyship investigates the political phenomenon of social justice allyship-in the form of white anti-racism-from a novel perspective. The book argues that 21st century allyship is best understood as a set of socially mediated personal problems and challenges, and that these furn...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2024.
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| Summary: | "The Dilemmas of Allyship investigates the political phenomenon of social justice allyship-in the form of white anti-racism-from a novel perspective. The book argues that 21st century allyship is best understood as a set of socially mediated personal problems and challenges, and that these furnish the material with which many allies' identities are formed. Through an analysis of in-depth interviews with white American anti-racist activists, The Dilemmas of Allyship provides a picture of the ambivalent struggles with which allies grapple, tracing the "theoretically irreducible" contradictions they encounter between allyship norms and everyday expectations of the social self"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 153 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781032432007 1032432004 9781032431994 1032431997 |