Racial Formation in Perspective: Connecting Individuals, Institutions, and Power Relations

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dc.contributor.authorSaperstein, Aliya
dc.contributor.authorPenner, Andrew M.
dc.contributor.authorLight, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:08:32Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:08:32Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractOver the past 25 years, since the publication of Omi & Winant's Racial Formation in the United States, the statement that race is socially constructed has become a truism in sociological circles. Yet many struggle to describe exactly what the claim means. This review brings together empirical literature on the social construction of race from different levels of analysis to highlight the variety of approaches to studying racial formation processes. For example, macro-level scholarship often focuses on the creation of racial categories, micro-level studies examine who comes to occupy these categories, and meso-level research captures the effects of institutional and social context. Each of these levels of analysis has yielded important contributions to our understanding of the social construction of race, yet there is little conversation across boundaries. Scholarship that bridges methodological and disciplinary divides is needed to continue to advance the racial formation perspective and demonstrate its broader relevance.
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145639
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/qcaf-fa3o
dc.identifier.citationSaperstein, Aliya and Penner, Andrew M. and Light, Ryan (2013) Racial Formation in Perspective: Connecting Individuals, Institutions, and Power Relations. Annual Review of Sociology, 39 (1). p. 359.
dc.identifier.issn0360-0572
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 4182
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/24646
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectGenetics and Race
dc.titleRacial Formation in Perspective: Connecting Individuals, Institutions, and Power Relations
dc.typeArticle

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