Arbiters of Race by Erik T. Withers, David L. Brunsma - 9781041135692

Arbiters of RaceCultural Intermediaries, Racism, and Consumer Industries\nAuthor(s): Erik T. Withers, David L. Brunsma\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041135692, 978-1041135692\nSynopsis\nAdvancing the conversation on cultural intermediation by adding the muchoverlooked reality of racism, this edited collection offers a much-needed critical and contemporary focus on the ever-changing landscape of race in the marketplace.\n\nArbiters of Race: Cultural Intermediaries, Racism, and Consumer Industries addresses the pressing need, in the third decade of the 21st century, to push social theory to incorporate race and racism in our understanding of cultural intermediationto recognize that cultural intermediaries play a crucial role in framing goods, services, ideas, and behaviors as legitimate and worthy, instilling goods with meanings by engaging in specific cultural narratives that have a fundamentally racial charact.