Guess who's coming to dinner now? : multicultural conservatism in America / Angela D. Dillard.
| Author/creator |
Dillard, Angela D., 1965- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | Uncorrected proof. |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, [2001] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2001 |
| Description | xvii, 233 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
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| Variant title | Guess who is coming to dinner now? |
| Series | American history and culture American history and culture (New York University Press) ^A472523 |
| Contents | Malcolm X's words in Clarence Thomas's mouth: Black conservatives and the making of an intellectual tradition -- Toward a politics of assimilation: multicultural conservatism and the assault on the civil rights establishment -- "I write myself, therefore I am": multicultural conservatism and the political art of autobiography -- Strange bedfellows: gender, sexuality, and "family values" -- Conclusion: a multicultural right? prospects and pitfalls. |
| Review | "In Guess Who's Coming to Dinner now? Angela Dillard offers the first comparative analysis of a conservatism which today cuts across the boundaries of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality." "To be an African American and a conservative, or a Latino who is also a conservative and a homosexual, is to occupy an awkward and contested political position. Dillard explores the philosophies, politics, and motivations of minority conservatives such as Ward Connerly, Glenn Loury, Linda Chavez, Clarence Thomas, and Bruce Bawer, as well as their tepid reception by both the Left and Right. Welcomed cautiously by the conservative movement, they have also frequently been excoriated by those African Americans, Latinos, women, and homosexuals who view their conservatism as betrayal. Central to this issue of their marginalization - or double marginalization - is the manner in which multicultural conservatives have conceptualized and presented their public, political selves. This, in turn, raises provocative questions about the connections between identity and politics, and the claims of cultural authenticity." "Dillard's study, among the first to take the history and political implications of multicultural conservatism seriously, will be a vital source for understanding contemporary American conservatism in all its forms."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231). |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016. |
| ISBN | 0814719392 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814719398 (acid-free paper) |
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| Joyner | Rare Collection | E184.A1 D46 | ✔ Available | Request Material |