Michael Omi and Howard Winant’s Racial Formation in the United States remains one of the most influential books and widely read books about race. Racial Formation in the 21st Century; arriving twenty-five years after the publication of Omi and Winant’s influential work; brings together fourteen essays by leading scholars in law; history; sociology; ethnic studies; literature; anthropology and gender studies to consider the past; present and future of racial formation. The contributors explore far-reaching concerns: slavery and land ownership; labor and social movements; torture and war; sexuality and gender formation; indigineity and colonialism; genetics and the body. From the ecclesiastical courts of seventeenth century Lima to the cell blocks of Abu Grahib; the essays draw from Omi and Winant’s influential theory of racial formation and adapt it to the various criticisms; challenges; and changes of life in the twenty-first century.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Required for class.By Aubree W.This was Allison Pugh's dissertation research?! Totally impressed with the quality of her research. The topic is narrow; so I would only recommend to those interested in the field of childhood and consumer culture. If that is your cup of tea; why haven't you read this book already?!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Exacting workBy Janice sPretty phenomenally written. The work on commodification is not so superficial as I initially believed. Now I will consider consumerism in my study of global childhood.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I feel like every parent should read thisBy BrendanA very interesting ethnography on consumerism and childhood. I feel like every parent should read this.
