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This text is the first to present cultural hegemony in its original form - as a process of consent, resistance, and coercion. Hegemony is illustrated with examples from American history and contemporary culture, including practices that represent race, gender, and class in everyday life.
Cultural Hegemony and Racism
Cultural Hegemony and Racism
The problem of the 20th Century is the problem of color.
We cannot talk seriously about contemporary culture in the United States without discussing the issue of race. Indeed, race has always defined the contours of American culture—in language, music, literature, religion, recreation, politics, humor, and more. Whereas Irish, Italian, Polish, and other immigrants from Europe have faced instances of discrimination, harassment, and abuse, beginning with genocide against Native Americans, our cultural history has been filled with consistent and pervasive discriminatory practices against Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, Arabs, and other people of color. Chapters and books could be written about the complex interrelations between the multiple racial, ethnic, and national cultures in the United States. However, ...
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