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.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

On Being Stuck

part One|36 pages

Beating Black Bodies

part Two|22 pages

Acquitting White Brutality

chapter 4|5 pages

The Rules of the Game

chapter 5|15 pages

Reel Time/Real Justice

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.

An Interview with Mike Davis by the CovertAction Information Bulletin

part Five|57 pages

Ideology, Race, and Community