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The benevolent gaslight: a technology of race-making

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dc.contributor.authorMaraj, Louis Maurice, author
dc.contributor.authorPrasad, Pritha, author
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-24T17:55:03Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractThis book proposes a theory of whiteness known as the benevolent gaslight where acts of white dominance are repurposed for pedagogical means, exploring its application across academic disciplines, educational history, and university race management as well as nonacademic settings.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsPreface: On racemaking -- Introduction: "I am not your teaching moment" -- Racial forgetting/white time: the benevolent gaslight in disciplinary knowledge-making -- Violent (re)construction(s): gaslighting "abolition" in US educational history -- Benevolent diversity: student protest and institutional gaslighting -- Echo: "So what is the lesson?" -- "No, but this actually happened" -- Echo: "So what is the lesson?".
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/245037
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
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dc.rightsAll rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.
dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectCritical discourse analysis
dc.subjectWhite supremacy (Social structure)
dc.subjectRacism in higher education
dc.subjectRace discrimination
dc.subjectAnti-racism -- Study and teaching (Higher)
dc.subjectSocial justice -- Study and teaching (Higher)
dc.titleThe benevolent gaslight: a technology of race-making
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