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The gratifications of whiteness : W.E.B. Du Bois and the enduring rewards of anti-blackness /

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"W.E.B. Du Bois famously argued that whiteness in the U.S. in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries functioned as a 'public and psychological wage,' offering valuable social standing to even the poorest of whites. Such 'compensation,' dependent on the devaluation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Myers, Ella, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963 > Criticism and interpretation.
Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963
United States > Race relations.
White people > Race identity > United States.
White privilege (Social structure)
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
African American Studies.
Ethnic Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Race relations
White people > Race identity
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The gratifications of whiteness
  • Whiteness as wage : reaping the rewards of racial capitalism
  • Whiteness as pleasure : anti-Black brutality and sadistic enjoyment
  • Whiteness as dominion : the racial-colonial ethos of ownership
  • Resistances : Du Boisean propaganda, world building, and Black Lives Matter
  • Epilogue: Abolitionist possibilities.