The Specter of Sex

The Specter of Sex
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9781438427683
ISBN-13 : 1438427689
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Book Synopsis The Specter of Sex by : Sally L. Kitch

Download or read book The Specter of Sex written by Sally L. Kitch and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top Three Finalist for the 2010 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize presented by the American Studies Association Theories of intersectionality have fundamentally transformed how feminists and critical race scholars understand the relationship between race and gender, but are often limited in their focus on contemporary experiences of interlocking oppressions. In The Specter of Sex, Sally L. Kitch explores the "backstory" of intersectionality theory—the historical formation of the racial and gendered hierarchies that continue to structure U.S. culture today. Kitch uses a genealogical approach to explore how a world already divided by gender ideology became one simultaneously obsessed with judgmental ideas about race, starting in Europe and the English colonies in the late seventeenth century. Through an examination of religious, political, and scientific narratives, public policies and testimonies, laws, court cases, and newspaper accounts, The Specter of Sex provides a rare comparative study of the racial formation of five groups—American Indians, African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and European whites—and reveals gendered patterns that have served white racial dominance and repeated themselves with variations over a two-hundred-year period.


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