The semantics of race
@article{Goldberg1992TheSO,
title={The semantics of race},
author={D. Goldberg},
journal={Ethnic and Racial Studies},
year={1992},
volume={15},
pages={543-569}
}Abstract I argue that the concept of race assumes specific meanings relative to prevailing historical conditions and discourses in given societies. In analysing these changes in significance, I focus on contemporary cultural conceptions of race. Here, I argue against the prevailing wisdom, that racial reference does not necessarily invoke underlying biological reference. From this I derive a general conception of race as virtually vacuous, reflective of dominant social discourses, forging self… CONTINUE READING
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