Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising Robert Gooding-Williams

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Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising by Robert Gooding-Williams

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Summary

Philosophers, legal scholars and social scientists amongst others explore the issues provoked by the Rodney King beating, they illuminate the interplay of ideological, political and economic forces impinging on urban America.

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Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising by Robert Gooding-Williams

Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising keeps the public debate alive by exploring the connections between the Rodney King incidents and the ordinary workings of cultural, political, and economic power in contemporary America. Its recurrent theme is the continuing, complicated significance of race in American society. Contributors: Houston A. Baker, Jr.; Judith Butler; Sumi K. Cho; Kimberle Crenshaw; Mike Davis; Thomas L. Dumm; Walter C. Farrell, Jr.; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Ruth Wilson Gilmore; Robert Gooding-Williams; James H. Johnson, Jr.; Elaine H. Kim; Melvin L. Oliver; Michael Omi; Gary Peller; Cedric J. Robinson; Jerry Watts; Cornel West; Patricia Williams; Rhonda M. Williams; Howard Winant.

Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising Reviews

. . . very impressive . . . These works are not about race and urban uprising. They are about all of us, not the American Dream but the American Real. -- The SanDiego Review
The book Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising offers a timely reminder that the beating of Rodney King, the outcome of the Simi Valley trial of the police officers involved in it, and the subsequent uprisings in response to the verdict are best understood in social, cultural, economic, and political contexts. The authors demonstrate that a critical analysis of popular representations of these events can illuminate the larger subject of race relations in American society. The book suggests that a multidisciplanary approach is needed to appreciate fully the vast and interlocking dimensions of the problem. -- Gail Lee Dubrow, Journal of the AmericanPlanning Association

About Robert Gooding-Williams

Robert Gooding-Williams is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Black Studies at Amherst College. He is author of the forthcoming book Nietszche's Pursuit ofModernism, to be published by Routledge.

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GOR004415279

ISBN 13

9780415907354

ISBN 10

0415907357

Title

Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising by Robert Gooding-Williams

Author

Robert Gooding-Williams

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

19930419

Number of pages

288

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