Seeing Race in Rural Space

The election of Donald Trump in 2016 turned national attention to the rural United States and its relationship to race. National and local media portrayed rural America as overwhelmingly white and widely afraid of (and opposed to) increasing racial and ethnic diversity in their communities and the nation. This book seeks to analyze and recast how rurality and rural Americans are understood in terms of race, showing the complexity that exists in places that are often flattened into simplified stereotypes. Accessible and centering contemporary issues that make constant headlines, Seeing Race in Rural Space will serve as the go-to book for an introduction to the complexities of race, labor, gender, and immigration in rural America. In addition to the editors, contributors include Rosalind P. Harris, Braden Leap, Margaret A. Hagerman, Courtney Heath, Kelli J. Russell, Emily C. Walton, Veronica A. Limeberry, Adam Driscoll, Nicholas Theis, Christopher Strunk, Julie C. Keller, Kevin S. Alejandrez, Sandra L. Barnes, Kara Woods, Robert Zabawa, Morgan C. Matthew, K. C. Vick, Loka Ashwood, Diana E. Flores, and Lisa R. Pruit.