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Sharing the Dream Dominic J. Pulera

Sharing the Dream By Dominic J. Pulera

Sharing the Dream by Dominic J. Pulera


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The author explores the heterogeneity of white male America, taking account of age, ethnicity, ideology, social class, regional background, occupation, and sexual preference. This timely work draws on a broad range of sources, including extensive field research and hundreds of interviews.

Sharing the Dream Summary

Sharing the Dream: White Males in Multicultural America by Dominic J. Pulera

White males, 100 million strong, constitute approximately 35 per cent of the US population. They are central to discussions of race, ethnicity and gender in the US, due to their number and the enormous influence they wield. In this highly readable book, Dominic Pulera gives the broadest and most balanced treatment yet of the white male American experience. He contends that virtually all white males are sharing the American dream with women and people of colour, in response to the country's changing demographics and the multicultural mindset now informing policies and attitudes. Some are sharing the dream voluntarily, others involuntarily. The author explores the heterogeneity of white male America, taking account of age, ethnicity, ideology, social class, regional background, occupation, and sexual preference. This timely work draws on a broad range of sources, including extensive field research and hundreds of interviews. It includes original historical treatments, discussion of contemporary dynamics, and comparative material that takes account of the experiences of people in other countries. Pulera places white males in the context of America's ongoing transition from being a predominantly white country to one where people of different ethnic backgrounds are increasingly numerous and visible.

Sharing the Dream Reviews

"The format is excellent, the text lucid: Pulera blends vignettes of individual men's experiences with solid research, interviews, and site visits to analyze the place of white males in American society over the years and provide a framework for suggesting the future....This thoughtful, well-researched, and readable study is highly recommended for academics and the interested public."-Library Journal
The author examines every conceivable dimension of white male experience....He offers a lucid analysis of fears and perceptions....Pulera challenges readers to envision that the place of white men in a shared multicultural society of the future. His text is useful and informative without being overly polemical. Highly Recommended." -Choice, July 2005 * Choice *

About Dominic J. Pulera

Dominic J. Pulera is an independent scholar and author, concerned with issues of race, ethnicity and gender. His first book was Visible Differences: Why Race Will Matter to Americans in the Twenty-first Century.

Table of Contents

Contents Prologue: Sharing the Dream Part One A NATION OF 100 MILLION 1. WHITE AND MALE The White Man Cometh Defining America In and Out 2. REBIRTH AND REGENERATION All American Living in America Words Matter 3. HETEROGENEOUS HEGEMONS The Privileged Few? Onward and Upward Family Life Part Two THE DIVERSITY IMPERATIVE 4. FAIR PLAY Equality for All The Value of Diversity Keeping the Faith 5. THE POWER OF NUMBERS Calling the Shots The Vanguard Playing the Game 6. THE AMERICAN PANTHEON Alive and Well Changing the Narrative Legal Tender Part Three WHITE MALE IDENTITY POLITICS 7. BIG MOUTHS Protean Poses All Talk Mad as Hell 8. CHANGING AMERICA Going to Court The Politics of Race and Gender Taking the Initiative 9. THE PERILS OF PREJUDICE On the Far Right White Wrongs Doing the Right Thing Epilogue: Promises to Keep Notes Index

Additional information

NPB9780826416438
9780826416438
0826416438
Sharing the Dream: White Males in Multicultural America by Dominic J. Pulera
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2004-12-01
456
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