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Write a review Rate this item: Preview this item Preview this item. From savage to Negro: Lee D Baker Publisher: State or province government publication: English View all editions and formats Summary: Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture, and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions-Plessy v. Ferguson the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine established in and Brown v.

From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954

Board of Education the public school desegregation decision of -Baker shows how racial categories change over time. Baker paints a vivid picture of the relationships between specific African American and white scholars, who orchestrated a paradigm shift within the social. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource Document Type: Lee D Baker Find more information about: This text explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture and the law.

Focusing on the period between and the author shows how racial categories change over time. Publisher Synopsis "Through its interrogation of anthropological and political discourses about race and racial formation, "From Savage to Negro topples historical myths about the nation's legacy of state-sanctioned segregation and racial difference.

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Similar Items Related Subjects: Anthropology -- United States -- History. Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History. University of California Pr Bolero Ozon. From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions— Plessy v. Ferguson the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine established in and Brown v.

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  • Baker paints a vivid picture of the relationships between specific African American and white scholars, who orchestrated a paradigm shift within the social sciences from ideas based on Social Darwinism to those based on cultural relativism. He demonstrates that the greatest impact on the way the law codifies racial differences has been made by organizations such as the NAACP, which skillfully appropriated the new social science to exploit the politics of the Cold War. History and Theory of a Racialized Worldview. The Ascension of Anthropology as Social Darwinism.