Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-139) and index.
Contents:
I. Introduction. What is critical race theory? ; Early origins ; Relationship to other movements ; Principal figures ; Spin-off movements ; Basic tenets of critical race theory ; How much racism is there in the world? ; Organization of this book -- II. Hallmark critical race theory themes. Interest convergence, material determinism, and racial realism ; Revisionist history ; Critique of liberalism ; Structural determinism: Tools of thought and the dilemma of law reform, The empathic fallacy, Serving two masters, Race remedies law as a homeostatic device -- III. Legal storytelling and narrative analysis. Opening a window onto ignored or alternative realities ; Counterstorytelling ; Cure for silencing ; Storytelling in court ; Storytelling on the defensive -- IV. Looking inward. Intersectionality ; Essentialism and anti-essentialism ; Nationalism versus assimilation -- V. Power and the shape of knowledge. The black-white binary ; Critical white studies ; Other developments: Latino and Asian critical thought, critical race feminism, queer-crit theory -- VI. Critiques and responses to criticism. -- VII. Critical race theory today. The 1990s ; Capitalism on the rampage: Unmasking color blindness, Race, class, welfare and poverty, Globalization ; Power ; Identity -- VIII. Conclusion. The future ; A critical race agenda for the new century ; Likely responses to critical race theory: Critical race theory becomes the new civil rights orthodoxy, Critical race theory marginalized and ignored, Critical race theory analyzed, but rejected, Partial incorporation -- Glossary of terms.
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