plaques & signs
signs of race in poststructuralism toward a transformative theory of race
this book presents a class based analysis of poststructuralism and race . the author positions this fundamental question at the heart of his project why does race still work if it is commonly misunderstood to be a social construct the answer is that race works because it operates like a commodity and like any commodity as long as it generates value understood in the widest possible sense economic political and cultural ideological value it will remain in circulation . this study should contribute to our understanding of race by linking questions of use value to exchange value .