White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness

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white women, race matters This page intentionally left blank white women, race matters THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF WHITENESS Ruth Frankenberg University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401­2520 http:/ /www.upress.umn.edu Printed in the United States of America on acid­free paper Seventh Printing 1999 Library of Congress Cataloging­in­Publication Data Frankenberg, Ruth. White women, race matters : the social construction of whiteness / Ruth Frankenberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographicalreferences and index. ISBN 0­8166­2257­4 (alk. paper).—ISBN 0­8166­2258­2 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. White women — United States—Social conditions. 2. White women — United States—Interviews. 3. Race relations—United States. 4. Interracialmarriage — United States. 5. Racism—United States. I. Title. HQ1154.F683 1993 305.48'8034—dc20 92­43433 The University of Minnesota is an equal­opportunity educator and employer. This work is dedicated to those who struggle for a day beyond racism—to a time when this book will be read as history and not as a study of the present. This page intentionally left blank ...