Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising

ISBN 10: 0415907357 / ISBN 13: 9780415907354

Published by Routledge, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415907357
• ISBN 13: 9780415907354
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.