The Political Use of Racial Narratives: School Desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, 1954-97

by Richard A. Pride

Arguing that politics is essentially a contest for meaning and that telling a story is an elemental political act, Richard A. Pride lays bare the history of school desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, to demonstrate the power of narrative in cultural and political change. This book describes the public, personal, and meta-narratives of racial inequality that have competed for dominance in Mobile. Pride begins with a white liberal's quest to desegregate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252027663
• ISBN13: 9780252027666
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"