Caste : the origins of our discontents
(Audiobook CD)

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Published
New York : Random House Audio, [2020].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
12 audio discs (approximately 14 hr., 27 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780593396698, 0593396693
UPC
9780593396698

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General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Compact discs.
General Note
"Oprah's Book Club 2020"--Container.
Participants/Performers
Read by Robin Miles.
Description
""As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not." In this brilliant audiobook, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines and stigma. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball's Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their outcasting of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of America life today"--,Provided by publisher.
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AUDIOBOOK CD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wilkerson, I., & Miles, R. (2020). Caste: the origins of our discontents (Unabridged.). Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wilkerson, Isabel and Robin, Miles. 2020. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wilkerson, Isabel and Robin, Miles. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Random House Audio, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wilkerson, Isabel,, and Robin Miles. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Unabridged., Random House Audio, 2020.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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