Whitewashing "The Strip": The Construction of Whiteness in Las Vegas

Authors

Barbara G. Brents, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Melissa J. MonsonFollow

Editors

Joe L. Kincheloe; Shirley R. Steinberg; Nelson M. Rodriguez; Ronald E. Chennault

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

3-1-2000

Publication Title

White Reign: Deploying Whiteness in America

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Publisher Location

New York

Abstract

What does it mean to be white in today's society? Is whiteness an ethnicity? White Reign tackles questions like these by examining whiteness as a cultural concept that our society has created and exposing the systems that teach us how we think about race, including schools, media, and even cyberspace. These essays examine the construction of white identity and the possibility of reshaping whiteness in a progressive, nonracist manner, presenting a culture of whiteness that can be employed by educators, parents, and citizens concerned with racial justice.

Keywords

Ethnic relations; Ethnicity; Ethnology; Minorities; Multiculturalism; Race relations; Whites--Race identity; Whitewash

Disciplines

Community-Based Research | Politics and Social Change | Race and Ethnicity | Sociology | Sociology of Culture

Language

English

Permissions

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Repository Citation

Brents, B. G., Monson, M. J. (2000). Whitewashing "The Strip": The Construction of Whiteness in Las Vegas. In Joe L. Kincheloe; Shirley R. Steinberg; Nelson M. Rodriguez; Ronald E. Chennault, White Reign: Deploying Whiteness in America New York: St. Martin's Press.