White Middle-Class Men in Rio de Janeiro

The Making of a Dominant Subject

von Valeria Ribeiro Corossacz

140 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In this book based on the biographical accounts of upper-middle-class white men living in wealthy parts of Rio de Janeiro, Valeria Ribeiro Corossacz analyzes specific experiences of whiteness as they are produced at the intersection of multiple categories-in particular gender, class, and sexuality. White Middle-Class Men in Rio de Janeiro: The Making of a Dominant Subject investigates what it means to be classified as a white person and a man in a society that is known for its valorization of racial mixing and yet deeply structured by racism, class, and gender inequalities. By examining instances of silence and what is left unsaid as well as precise descriptions of power relations and violent episodes, this book encourages the reader to observe the condition of dominant subjects as a keystone of the reproduction of social discrimination.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen Männer und Jungen
• ISBN: 9781498546423
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.12.2017
• Größe: 231 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC