Race-ing Justice, En-Gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality

by Toni Morrison (Editor)

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"In Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power, Toni Morrison contributes an introduction and brings together eighteen provocative essays, all but one written especially for this book, by prominent and distinguished academicians--black and white, male and female. These writings powerfully elucidate not only the racial and sexual but also the historical, political, cultural, legal, psychological, and linguistic aspects of a signal and revelatory moment in American history"--Publisher's description

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A selection of mostly scholarly essays on the effects of the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination and Anita Hill's sexual harrassment charges. Some very insightful writing - Toni Morrison is the editor - there are some well known black law professors and judges (amongst others) who contribute.

Dec 15, 2008