Black Lives/White Backgrounds: Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric and Critical Race Theory.

How do you criticise a hierarchical racial formation that is rendered nearly invisible by its colour (white) and positioning (background) in the contemporary, so-called colour-blind or post-racial US? The reading of Claudia Rankine’sCitizen: An American Lyricthat this essay will undertake seeks to o...

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Published in:	Comparative American Studies Vol. 15; no. 1/2; pp. 54 - 72
Main Author:	Adams, Bella
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar-Jun2017
Subjects:	Citizen: An American Lyric (Book) Rankine, Claudia, 1963- Anti-racism Critical race theory Black Lives Matter movement History
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost