{"product_id":"ugly-white-people-writing-whiteness-in-contemporary-america-paperback-softback-9781517915742","title":"Ugly White People; Writing Whiteness in Contemporary America (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517915742","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUgly White People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWriting Whiteness in Contemporary America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephanie Li (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517915742\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eUgly White People\u003c\/i\u003e is not about the 'racists' but about the way whiteness shapes the subjectivity of all white people. Relying on an elegant and parsimonious textual analysis of the work of contemporary authors, Stephanie Li shows how whites manage to evade while they acknowledge their whiteness, how they consume people of color through racist love, and how they accept whiteness in a way that neglects addressing racism. I highly recommend this book to readers interested in understanding contemporary whiteness.\"-Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"The best writing critically studying whiteness today intensely engages imbrications of race with other identities, especially class, gender, nationality, and disability. No one does all of that better than Stephanie Li. Addressing literary moments with a sure grasp of history and an adventuresome readings of texts, \u003ci\u003eUgly White People\u003c\/i\u003e speaks compellingly to the persisting strength of Trump and white nationalism and to the desire for social media celebrity as something authors both explore and share.\"-David Roediger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhiteness revealed: an analysis of the destructive complacency of white self-consciousness​\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e White Americans are confronting their whiteness more than ever before, with political and social shifts ushering in a newfound racial awareness. And with white people increasingly seeing themselves as distinctly racialized (not simply as American or human), white writers are exposing a self-awareness of white racialized behavior-from staunch antiracism to virulent forms of xenophobic nationalism. \u003ci\u003eUgly White People\u003c\/i\u003e explores representations of whiteness from twenty-first-century white American authors, revealing white recognition of the ugly forms whiteness can take. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Stephanie Li argues that much of the twenty-first century has been defined by this rising consciousness of whiteness because of the imminent shift to a “majority minority” population and the growing diversification of America’s political, social, and cultural institutions. The result is literature that more directly grapples with whiteness as its own construct rather than a wrongly assumed norm. Li contextualizes a series of literary novels as collectively influenced by changes in racial and political attitudes. Turning to works by Dave Eggers, Sarah Smarsh, J. D. Vance, Claire Messud, Ben Lerner, and others, she traces the responses to white consciousness that breed shared manifestations of ugliness. The tension between acknowledging whiteness as an identity built on domination and the failure to remedy inequalities that have proliferated from this founding injustice is often the source of the ugly whiteness portrayed through these narratives. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The questions posed in \u003ci\u003eUgly White People\u003c\/i\u003e about the nature and future of whiteness are vital to understanding contemporary race relations in America. From the election of Trump and the rise of white nationalism to Karen memes and the war against critical race theory to the pervasive pattern of behavior among largely liberal-leaning whites, Li elucidates truths about whiteness that challenge any hope of national unity and, most devastatingly, the basic humanity of others. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. Disavowing Whiteness: Dave Eggers \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2. Eliding White Privilege: J. D. Vance’s \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e and Sarah Smarsh’s \u003ci\u003eHeartland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. White Desires: Claire Messud’s \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Upstairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. The End of History: Gary Shteyngart’s \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5. Self(ish)-Care: Otessa Moshfegh’s \u003ci\u003eMy Year of Rest and Relaxation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6. The Dangers of White Male Speech: Ben Lerner’s \u003ci\u003eThe Topeka School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Coda \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685359972632,"sku":"9781517915742","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ugly-white-people-writing-whiteness-in-contemporary-america-paperback-softback-9781517915742","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}