Racialization, between power and knowledge: a postcolonial reading of public health as a discursive practice

Journal of Critical Race Inquiry

Patrick Cloos¹ 

关键词: Race;    Class;    Neoliberalism;    Gentrification;    Marginalization;    Community Consultation;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Queen s University

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents and discusses the interdisciplinarytheoretical perspective that has been built from a doctoral research oncontemporary notions of ̒ race ̓ in the field of public health in theUnited States. In this context, ̒ race ̓ was seen as an object thatemerged from the discourse, lying between power and knowledge assuggested by Foucault, while public health is an apparatus that put thediscourse and the formation of the object into operation. Some authorsin the field of postcolonial studies emphasize the representationalpower associated with the discourse that corresponds to a system ofopposition and difference creating a dichotomy and ensuring thedomination of some over others. This article argues that ̒ race ̓, as anidea of difference, will persist as long as historical conditions andpeople allow it.

【 授权许可】

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