Signs of Race in Poststructuralism by Robert Young - 9780761845058

Signs of Race in PoststructuralismToward a Transformative Theory of Race\nAuthor(s): Robert Young\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of America, United States\nImprint: University Press of America\nISBN-13: 9780761845058, 978-0761845058\nSynopsis\nThis book presents a class-based analysis of poststructuralism and race. The author positions this fundamental question at the heart of his project: why does race still work if it is commonly misunderstood to be a social construct? The answer is that race works because it operates like a commodity, and like any commodity, as long as it generates value (understood in the widest possible sense: economic, political, and cultural-ideological value), it will remain in circulation. This study should contribute to our understanding of race by linking questions of use value to exchange value.