{"product_id":"performing-postracialism-philip-s-s-howard-9781487507671","title":"Performing Postracialism: Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education Through Contemporary Blackface in Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlackface - instances in which non-Black persons temporarily darken their skin with make-up to impersonate Black people, usually for fun, and frequently in educational contexts - constitutes a postracialist pedagogy that propagates antiblack logics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePerforming Postracialism\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip S.S. Howard examines instances of contemporary blackface in Canada and argues that it is more than a simple matter of racial (mis)representation. The book looks at the ostensible humour and dominant conversations around blackface, arguing that they are manifestations of the particular formations of antiblackness in the Canadian nation state and its educational institutions. It posits that the occurrence of blackface in universities is not incidental, and outlines how educational institutions' responses to blackface in Canada rely upon a motivation to protect whiteness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ePerforming Postracialism\u003c\/i\u003e draws from focus groups and individual interviews conducted with university students, faculty, administrators, and Black student associations, along with online articles about blackface, to provide the basis for a nuanced examination of the ways that blackface is experienced by Black persons. The book investigates the work done by Black students, faculty, and staff at universities to challenge blackface and the broader campus climate of antiblackness that generates it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip S. S. Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487507674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487507671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Philip S. S. Howard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070153945343,"sku":"9781487507671","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a14550f1-fe60-4fa1-8a7f-937e9f3d66bf.jpg?v=1685428675","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/performing-postracialism-philip-s-s-howard-9781487507671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}