Description: Genealogy of the formation of race and gender hierarchies in the U.S.
Brief description: Sally L. Kitch is Dean's Distinguished Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University. Her books include Higher Ground: From Utopianism to Realism in American Feminist Thought and Theory.
Review Quotes:
"Grounding her analysis on wide-ranging secondary works, [Kitch] presents a concise vision of U.S. gender and racial interactions, particularly valuable for feminist studies courses." -- Journal of American History
"...[a] compelling and analytically rich book ... this is a book that needed to be written, and is useful for any historical appreciation of racial and gendered ideology and inequalities in the US and intersectionality literature more broadly ... Highly recommended." -- CHOICE
"This gracefully written synthesis of existing historical scholarship advances a position that both asserts distinction between 'race' and 'gender' as categories and privileges the gendered process of racial formation as key to understanding power and hierarchy in the United States. It is perfect for the classroom and will serve as a guide for theorists who need grounding in history. Compelling and provocative, this book will become a classic." -- Eileen Boris, coeditor of The Practice of U.S. Women's History: Narratives, Intersections, and Dialogues