Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)

by Olúfmi O. Táíwò

Book Overview

"Identity politics" is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom and amplifying antagonisms in the media, both online and off. But the compulsively referenced phrase bears little resemblance to the concept as first introduced by the radical Black feminist Combahee River Collective. While the Collective articulated a political viewpoint grounded in their own position as Black lesbians with the explicit aim of building...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642596884
• ISBN13: 9781642596885
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.0"