Audrey Smedley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618756 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Audrey Smedley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Audrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Smedley |
| SIGNATURE | SMEDLEY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 391 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview
This sweeping work traces the idea of race for more than three centuries to show that 'race' is not a product of science but a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the eighteenth century. Updated throughout, the fourth edition of this renowned text includes a compelling new chapter on the health impacts of the racial worldview, as well as a thoroughly rewritten chapter that explores the election of Barack Ob…
Real black: Adventures in racial sincerity – By John L., Jr. Jackson
On the confusion of "race" with biophysical diversity
Race: The Reality of Human Differences
In this piece Audrey Smedley critiques one of the more recent books of the race scientists, 'Race: The Reality of Human Differences' (2004) by Vincent Sarich, a biological anthropologist, and Frank Miele, a journalist and science writer. While many experts have condemned the science sections of the book, Smedley charges that these authors also misrepresent and distort the histories of various civilizations around the world, particularly the attit…
Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is real: Anthropological and historical perspectives on the social construction of race
Racialized science seeks to explain human population differences in health, intelligence, education, and wealth as the consequence of immutable, biologically based differences between "racial" groups. Recent advances in the sequencing of the human genome and in an understanding of biological correlates of behavior have fueled racialized science, despite evidence that racial groups are not genetically discrete, reliably measured, or scientifically…
The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium
The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium. Joseph L. Graves. Jr. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001. 272 pp
Travels and Adventures in an Unchartable Field
Figure: see text]There was considerable optimism about the future of anthropology when I came into the field over forty years ago, at a time when World War II was still a meaningful memory, the Korean War was a subject of great agony, and Vietnam was not yet part of our consciousness. During the late 1950s I had developed an interest in experiencing other cultures, and this led me to the field of international studies and indirectly to anthropolo…
From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896‐1954
From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896‐1954. Lee D. Baker. Berkeley, CA, and London, UK: University of California Press, 1998. xii. 325 pp., 14 black and white illustrations. (Cloth US$40, Paper US$17.95
"Race" and the Construction of Human Identity
Race as a mechanism of social stratification and as a form of human identity is a recent concept in human history. Historical records show that neither the idea nor ideologies associated with race existed before the seventeenth century. In the United States, race became the main form of human identity, and it has had a tragic effect on low-status "racial" minorities and on those people who perceive themselves as of "mixed race." We need to resear…
"Origins of "Race
The Retreat of Scientific Racism: Changing Concepts of Race in Britain and the United States between the Two World Wars
The Eternal Triangle: Race, Class, and IQ The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. Richard J. Herrnstein , Charles Murray
Race in North America: The Evolution of a Worldview
The Implications of Birom Cicisbeism
Cicisbeism, as a 1 egitimate sexual alliance between a woman and a man who is not her husband, is normative among the Birom of northern Nigeria. Women have considerable latitude in choosing their cicisbeos and perceive the relationship as a means of enhancing their economic security. Resultant ties to a number of men accord Birom women an instrumental role in mediating between kin groups and in determining leadership positions in the society
Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is real: Anthropological and historical perspectives on the social construction of race
Racialized science seeks to explain human population differences in health, intelligence, education, and wealth as the consequence of immutable, biologically based differences between "racial" groups. Recent advances in the sequencing of the human genome and in an understanding of biological correlates of behavior have fueled racialized science, despite evidence that racial groups are not genetically discrete, reliably measured, or scientifically…
"Race" and the Construction of Human Identity
Race as a mechanism of social stratification and as a form of human identity is a recent concept in human history. Historical records show that neither the idea nor ideologies associated with race existed before the seventeenth century. In the United States, race became the main form of human identity, and it has had a tragic effect on low-status "racial" minorities and on those people who perceive themselves as of "mixed race." We need to resear…
The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium
The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium. Joseph L. Graves. Jr. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001. 272 pp
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview
This sweeping work traces the idea of race for more than three centuries to show that 'race' is not a product of science but a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the eighteenth century. Updated throughout, the fourth edition of this renowned text includes a compelling new chapter on the health impacts of the racial worldview, as well as a thoroughly rewritten chapter that explores the election of Barack Ob…
Travels and Adventures in an Unchartable Field
Figure: see text]There was considerable optimism about the future of anthropology when I came into the field over forty years ago, at a time when World War II was still a meaningful memory, the Korean War was a subject of great agony, and Vietnam was not yet part of our consciousness. During the late 1950s I had developed an interest in experiencing other cultures, and this led me to the field of international studies and indirectly to anthropolo…
The Implications of Birom Cicisbeism
Cicisbeism, as a 1 egitimate sexual alliance between a woman and a man who is not her husband, is normative among the Birom of northern Nigeria. Women have considerable latitude in choosing their cicisbeos and perceive the relationship as a means of enhancing their economic security. Resultant ties to a number of men accord Birom women an instrumental role in mediating between kin groups and in determining leadership positions in the society
From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896‐1954
From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896‐1954. Lee D. Baker. Berkeley, CA, and London, UK: University of California Press, 1998. xii. 325 pp., 14 black and white illustrations. (Cloth US$40, Paper US$17.95
The Eternal Triangle: Race, Class, and IQ The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. Richard J. Herrnstein , Charles Murray
Race: The Reality of Human Differences
In this piece Audrey Smedley critiques one of the more recent books of the race scientists, 'Race: The Reality of Human Differences' (2004) by Vincent Sarich, a biological anthropologist, and Frank Miele, a journalist and science writer. While many experts have condemned the science sections of the book, Smedley charges that these authors also misrepresent and distort the histories of various civilizations around the world, particularly the attit…
"Origins of "Race
Race in North America: The Evolution of a Worldview
The Implications of Birom Cicisbeism
Cicisbeism, as a 1 egitimate sexual alliance between a woman and a man who is not her husband, is normative among the Birom of northern Nigeria. Women have considerable latitude in choosing their cicisbeos and perceive the relationship as a means of enhancing their economic security. Resultant ties to a number of men accord Birom women an instrumental role in mediating between kin groups and in determining leadership positions in the society
Race in North America: The Evolution of a Worldview
The Retreat of Scientific Racism: Changing Concepts of Race in Britain and the United States between the Two World Wars
The Eternal Triangle: Race, Class, and IQ The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. Richard J. Herrnstein , Charles Murray
"Origins of "Race
"Race" and the Construction of Human Identity
Race as a mechanism of social stratification and as a form of human identity is a recent concept in human history. Historical records show that neither the idea nor ideologies associated with race existed before the seventeenth century. In the United States, race became the main form of human identity, and it has had a tragic effect on low-status "racial" minorities and on those people who perceive themselves as of "mixed race." We need to resear…
From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896‐1954
From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896‐1954. Lee D. Baker. Berkeley, CA, and London, UK: University of California Press, 1998. xii. 325 pp., 14 black and white illustrations. (Cloth US$40, Paper US$17.95
Travels and Adventures in an Unchartable Field
Figure: see text]There was considerable optimism about the future of anthropology when I came into the field over forty years ago, at a time when World War II was still a meaningful memory, the Korean War was a subject of great agony, and Vietnam was not yet part of our consciousness. During the late 1950s I had developed an interest in experiencing other cultures, and this led me to the field of international studies and indirectly to anthropolo…
The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium
The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium. Joseph L. Graves. Jr. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001. 272 pp
Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is real: Anthropological and historical perspectives on the social construction of race
Racialized science seeks to explain human population differences in health, intelligence, education, and wealth as the consequence of immutable, biologically based differences between "racial" groups. Recent advances in the sequencing of the human genome and in an understanding of biological correlates of behavior have fueled racialized science, despite evidence that racial groups are not genetically discrete, reliably measured, or scientifically…
On the confusion of "race" with biophysical diversity
Race: The Reality of Human Differences
In this piece Audrey Smedley critiques one of the more recent books of the race scientists, 'Race: The Reality of Human Differences' (2004) by Vincent Sarich, a biological anthropologist, and Frank Miele, a journalist and science writer. While many experts have condemned the science sections of the book, Smedley charges that these authors also misrepresent and distort the histories of various civilizations around the world, particularly the attit…
Real black: Adventures in racial sincerity – By John L., Jr. Jackson
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview
This sweeping work traces the idea of race for more than three centuries to show that 'race' is not a product of science but a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the eighteenth century. Updated throughout, the fourth edition of this renowned text includes a compelling new chapter on the health impacts of the racial worldview, as well as a thoroughly rewritten chapter that explores the election of Barack Ob…
Sociology (12 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · History (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Race (biology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Race, Genetics, and Society (4 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (3 works)