Oppression, Privilege, and Resistance

Download or read book Oppression, Privilege, and Resistance written by Lisa Maree Heldke and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2004 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology is a philosophical reader on racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism with a distinct theoretical framework that provides coherence and cohesion to the readings. The book is framed by a model of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism that understands these phenomena as interlocking systems of oppression. Resting upon this oppression model are two sets of theories, one concerned with the phenomenon of privilege--the companion of oppression--and the other with resistance--the response to oppression.