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dc.contributor.advisorTorres, Theresa L.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Debra K
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.submitted2019 Fall
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page viewed January 27, 2020
dc.descriptionDissertation advisor: Theresa Torres
dc.descriptionVita
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 281-321)
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.)--Department of Sociology, Department of History. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2019
dc.description.abstractThis inter-disciplinary dissertation utilizes sociological and historical research methods for a critical comparative analysis of the material culture as reproduced through murals and monuments located in two counties in Missouri, Bates County and Cass County. Employing Critical Race Theory as the theoretical framework, each counties’ analysis results are examined. The concepts of race, systemic racism, White privilege and interest-convergence are used to assess both counties continuance of sustaining a racially imbalanced historical narrative. I posit that the construction of history of Bates County and Cass County continues to influence and reinforces systemic racism in the local narrative. Keywords: critical race theory, race, racism, social construction of reality, white privilege, normality, interest-convergence
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroduction -- The historical context: understanding the troubled past -- The standard: Cass County -- The exception: Bates County -- Critical Race Theory analysis of murals and monuments -- Where to go from here -- Appendix A. Mural/monument analysis worksheet -- Appendix B. Primary texts analysis worksheet
dc.format.extentxiii, 322 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/71102
dc.subject.lcshRacism -- Missouri -- Cass County -- History
dc.subject.lcshRacism -- Missouri -- Bates County -- History
dc.subject.lcshMissouri -- Race relations
dc.subject.otherDissertation -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Sociology
dc.subject.otherDissertation -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- History
dc.titleWhitewashing or amnesia: a study of the construction of race in two Midwestern counties
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology (UMKC)
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory (UMKC)
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Kansas City
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)


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