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Title Postcolonial whiteness : a critical reader on race and empire / edited by Alfred J. Lopez.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2005]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.8 P857P    Check Shelf
Description x, 261 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : Whiteness after empire / Alfred J. López -- The body of the princess / Diane Roberts -- Lavender ain't white : emerging queer self-expression in its broader context / John C. Hawley -- Whiteness in post-socialist Eastern Europe : the time of the gypsies, the end of race / Anikó Imre -- Vampiric decolonization : Fanon, "terrorism," and Mudrooroo's vampire trilogy / Gerry Turcotte -- "White talk" : White South Africans and the management of diasporic whiteness / Melissa Steyn -- The color of schizophrenia / Cheryl Temple Herr -- The gaze of the white wolf : psychoanalysis, whiteness, and colonial trauma / Alfred J. López -- "Motley's the only wear" : hybridity, homelands, and Conrad's harlequin / Frances B. Singh -- Hymns for and from white Australia / Christopher Kelen -- The times of whiteness; or, race between the postmodern and the postcolonial / Ryan S. Trimm.
Summary "Postcolonial Whiteness examines the interrelations between whiteness and the history of European colonialism, as well as the status of whiteness in the contemporary postcolonial world. It addresses two fundamental questions: What happens to whiteness after empire, and to what extent do white cultural norms or imperatives remain embedded in the postcolonial or postindependence state as a part - acknowledged or not - of the colonial legacy? Presenting a wide range of critical and theoretical responses, the contributors explore these questions by focusing on such diverse topics as the legacy of Princess Diana; queer self-expression; the changing situation of Gypsy, or Romani, minorities in Eastern Europe; literature, including Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Caryl Phillips's Cambridge, and Gothic impact on the literature of Australia; reconstruction of white South African social identity; cross-cultural discussions of mental illness; Freud's case history of the Wolfman; and Australia's national anthems."--Pub. desc.
Subject Indigenous peoples.
Postcolonialism.
Racism.
White people -- Race identity.
Indigenous peoples. (OCoLC)fst00970213
Postcolonialism. (OCoLC)fst01073032
Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
White people -- Race identity. (OCoLC)fst01174825
Kultursoziologie.
Postkolonialismus.
Weiße.
Added Author López, Alfred J., 1962-
ISBN 0791463613 (alk. paper)
9780791463611 (alk. paper)
0791463621 (pbk. ;) (alk. paper)
9780791463628 (pbk. ;) (alk. paper)
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