ABSTRACT
Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising keeps the public debate alive by exploring the connections between the Rodney King incidents and the ordinary workings of cultural, political, and economic power in contemporary America. Its recurrent theme is the continuing, complicated significance of race in American society. Contributors: Houston A. Baker, Jr.; Judith Butler; Sumi K. Cho; Kimberle Crenshaw; Mike Davis; Thomas L. Dumm; Walter C. Farrell, Jr.; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Ruth Wilson Gilmore; Robert Gooding-Williams; James H. Johnson, Jr.; Elaine H. Kim; Melvin L. Oliver; Michael Omi; Gary Peller; Cedric J. Robinson; Jerry Watts; Cornel West; Patricia Williams; Rhonda M. Williams; Howard Winant.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|36 pages
Beating Black Bodies
part Two|22 pages
Acquitting White Brutality
part Three|44 pages
Assaulting America: A Political Economy Begets Ruin
part Four|40 pages
On the Streets of Los Angeles
chapter 10|13 pages
Uprising and Repression in L.A.
part Five|57 pages
Ideology, Race, and Community
part Six|48 pages
The Fire This Time