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- Postcolonial Whiteness: A Critical Reader on Race and Empire
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: State University of New York Press
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.
Table of Contents
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- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. ix-x
- 2. THE BODY OF THE PRINCESS
- pp. 31-52
- 7. THE COLOR OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
- pp. 137-153
- 10. HYMNS FOR AND FROM WHITE AUSTRALIA
- pp. 201-229
- CONTRIBUTORS
- pp. 255-256
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791483725
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
62734829
Pages
271
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No