{"product_id":"9780811231596","title":"Letter to the Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite claims from pundits and politicians that we now live in a post-racial America, people seem to keep finding ways to talk about race—from celebrations of the inauguration of the first \u003cb\u003eBlack\u003c\/b\u003e president to resurgent debates about police profiling, race and racism remain salient features of our world. When faced with fervent anti-immigration sentiments, record incarceration rates of Blacks and\u003cbr\u003eLatinos, and deepening socio-economic disparities, a new question has erupted in the last decade: What does being post-racial mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Post-Racial Mystique\u003c\/b\u003e explores how a variety of media—the news, network television, and online, independent media—debate,\u003cbr\u003edefine and deploy the term “post-racial” in their representations of American politics and society. Using examples from both mainstream and niche media—from prime-time television series to specialty Christian media and audience interactions on social media—Catherine Squires draws upon a variety of disciplines including communication studies, sociology, political science, and cultural studies in order to understand emergent strategies for framing post-racial America. She reveals the ways in which media texts cast U.S.\u003cbr\u003ehistory, re-imagine interpersonal relationships, employ statistics, and inventively redeploy other identity categories in a quest to formulate different ways of responding to race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031151165680,"sku":"9780811231596","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811231596_p0.jpg?v=1763742113","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811231596","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}