Tightrope: A Racial Journey to the Age of Obama
- ISBN-10
- 144222424X
- ISBN-13
- 9781442224247
- Series
- Tightrope
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-07-16
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Gail Garfield
Description
Tightrope explores changes in American attitudes that made it possible to elect a black President. Gail Garfield weaves her own experiences with broader racial history to trace the remarkable shift. Her scholarship explores the complex intersection of race, class, and gender.
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