Böcker av Steve Garner

With new chapters on ethnicity and immigration, and with material supported by 30 new case studies, this up to date resource provides students with an engaging - and international - introduction to the subject

What is whiteness? Why is it worth using as a tool in the social sciences? Making sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book argues how this concept can help us understand contemporary societies. This book engages with writings on the formation of white identities in Britain, Ireland and the Americas, using multidisciplinary sources.

This book guides students as they explore how white identities are forged using both sociological and psycho-social ideas.*BR**BR*Whiteness has traditionally been seen as 'ethnically transparent' - the marker against which other ethnicities are measured. Only recently have scholars moved away from focusing on ethnic minorities and instead oriented their studies around the construction of white identities. *BR**BR*Including an excellent survey of the existing literature and original research from the UK, this book will be an invaluable guide for sociology students taking modules in race and ethnicity.