The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954-97 - Couverture souple

Pride, Richard A.

 
9780252075940: The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954-97
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ISBN 10 : 0252075943 ISBN 13 : 9780252075940
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2008

Synopsis

Arguing that politics is essentially a contest for meaning and that telling a story is an elemental political act, Richard A. Pride lays bare the history of school desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, to demonstrate the power of narrative in cultural and political change. This book describes the public, personal, and meta-narratives of racial inequality that have competed for dominance in Mobile. Pride begins with a white liberal's quest to desegregate the city's public schools in 1955 and traces which narratives--those of biological inferiority, white oppression, the behavior and values of blacks, and others--came to influence public policy and opinion over four decades. Drawing on contemporaneous sources, he reconstructs the stories of demonstrations, civic forums, court cases, and school board meetings as citizens of Mobile would have experienced them, inviting readers to trace the story of desegregation in Mobile through the voices of politicians, protestors, and journalists and to determine which narratives were indeed most powerful.

Exploring who benefits and who pays when different narratives are accepted as true, Pride offers a step-by-step account of how Mobile's culture changed each time a new and more forceful narrative was used to justify inequality. More than a retelling of Mobile's story of desegregation, The Political Use of Racial Narratives promotes the value of rhetorical and narrative analysis in the social sciences and history.

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À propos de l?auteur

Richard A. Pride, professor emeritus of political science at Vanderbilt University, is the coauthor of The Burden of Busing: The Politics of Desegregation in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Éditeur
University of Illinois Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0252075943
ISBN 13 
9780252075940
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
328
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780252027666: The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954-97

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0252027663 ISBN 13 :  9780252027666
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2002
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