The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954-97

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Arguing that politics is essentially a contest for meaning and that telling a story is an elemental political act, Richard A. Pride lays bare the history of school desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, to demonstrate the power of narrative in cultural and political change. This book describes the public, personal, and meta-narratives of racial inequality that have competed for dominance in Mobile. Pride begins with a white liberal's quest to desegregate...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252075943

ISBN13:9780252075940

Release Date:August 2008

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

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Education Education & Reference Social Science Social Sciences

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