{"product_id":"9781538190883","title":"How Real Is Race?: Unraveling Race, Biology, and Culture","description":"Biologically speaking, there is no such thing as race. Yet this  seems to contradict the experiences of people in the United States and  other countries where racial classification is used daily, by  individuals and institutions. Race still matters, whether in wealth  accumulation, educational achievement, health, the legal system, or in  personal safety. How can race not be real when we experience its effects  every day?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMukhopadhyay, Henze, and Moses  systematically deconstruct the myth of race as biology and address the  reality of race as a cultural invention, drawing on biocultural,  historical, and cross-cultural anthropological perspectives. In doing  so, they shed light on the intricate interplay among race, biology,  culture, power, and stratification. Part I, “The Fallacy of Race as  Biology,” unravels the myth that races are biologically valid divisions  of humanity. Part II, “Culture Creates Race,” explores race as a social  construction; the emergence ofthe racial worldview as ideological  justification for inequality; and how social processes, especially  restrictions on interracial sex and marriage, maintained visible markers  of racial hierarchy. Part III, “Contemporary Issues,” examines current  manifestations of racial stratification including the educational  achievement gap, health disparities, and how the language of race  embodies and reinforces a racial worldview.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew to this Edition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e· New Chapter 11\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e“Unpacking the Health Consequences of Racial Stratification,”\u003c\/b\u003e  explores the continuing impacts of the racial worldview on race-related  health disparities, using the COVID-19 pandemic, maternal health and  “weathering,” and exposure to environmental toxins as case studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e· \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Chapter 12\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e“Dismantling the Racial World View\u003c\/b\u003e,” explores racial ideology, including language, and offers alternative approaches to racial language dilemmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e· \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpdated and expanded discussion of human evolution\u003c\/b\u003e  includes contemporary critiques and alternative scenarios of  long-standing models of human evolution and emphasizes our collective  African roots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e· \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpdated and expanded coverage of genomics\u003c\/b\u003e,  DNA, epigenetic processes, and the enormous human variability at the  molecular level, all challenging “nature” versus “nurture” models of how  we become who we are. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e· \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew data on  immigrants, languages, religions, socio-economic and regional  racial-ethnic patterns, interracial marriage and other trends\u003c\/b\u003e  explores contemporary diversity in the United States and suggests  traditional racial ideology and categories are becoming obsolete.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46295224975601,"sku":"9781538190883","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781538190883_p0.jpg?v=1765926662","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781538190883","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}