On Being Included

Zusammenfassung Argues that a commitment to diversity is frequently substituted for a commitment to actual change. This title traces the work that diversity does! examining how the term is used and the way it serves to make questions about racism seem impertinent. Informationen zum Autor Sara Ahmed is Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College! University of London. Her books include "The Cultural Politics of Emotion"; "Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality"; and "Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism." Klappentext Sara Ahmed is Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College! University of London. Her books include The Cultural Politics of Emotion; Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality; and Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism.

Autorentext

Sara Ahmed is Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her books include The Cultural Politics of Emotion; Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality; and Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. On Arrival 1

1. Institutional Life 19
2. The Language of Diversity 51
3. Equality and Performance Culture 83
4. Commitment as a Non-performative 113
5. Speaking about Racism 141
   Conclusion. A Phenomenological Practice 173
   Notes 191
   References 221
   Index 235