Teaching "Race" with a Gendered Edge

CONTENTS

CONTENTS List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements ix Teaching “Race” with a Gendered Edge—Introduction 1 Kristín Loftsdóttir and Brigitte Hipfl Racism and gender—historical background 2 Colonial legacies and migration 5 Problematising “white” Western feminism and whiteness 9 Spaces of / for change 11 The chapters in the book 16 PART I: THEMATIC EXPLORATIONS 23 Chapter 1: Breaking the Canon? Critical Reflections on “Other” Literary Traditions 25 Sandra Ponzanesi Introduction 25 Towards an alternative canon: Multiculturalism and diversity 27 The canon and the cultural industry 29 Race, gender and diversity in the canon: Toni Morrison 31 Beloved 32 Conclusion: Beyond the colour-line of the canon? 36 Implications for teaching 37 Questions 38 Assignments 39 Chapter 2: Monumental Dresses: Coming to Terms with Racial Repression 43 Rosemarie Buikema Sexual difference and transitional justice 45 The woman who kept silent 48 The poetics of scrap 50 Implications for teaching: Working with exemplary case studies 54 Questions 56 Assignments 57 Chapter 3: Embodying Otherness while Teaching Race and Gender at White European Universities 61 Ellis Jonker Introduction 61 Becoming educated in (post)colonial European society 63 Teaching about emotionally charged topics 67 Implications for teaching 74 Questions 74 Assignments 75 PART II: EXPRESSIONS OF RACISM AND GENDER IN NATIONAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS 79 Chapter 4: Disappearing Act: The Forgotten History of Colonialism, Eugenics and Gendered Othering in Denmark 81 Bolette Blaagaard and Rikke Andreassen The colonial relationship that never was 83 Identifying the difference-gene 85 Exhibiting exclusion 87 “Religion is not a race” 88 Implications for teaching 89 Questions 91 Assignments 92 Chapter 5: Portugal and the Empire: Discourses and Practices on Race and Gender 97 Elsa Peralta and Simone Frangella Grasping Portuguese colonial “exception” 97 Racial-gendered relations in imperial history 98 The making of the “gentler colonialists” 101 Post-colonial reverberations 105 Implications for teaching 106 Questions 108 Assignments 108 Chapter 6: The French Ban on Headscarves: Rendering Racism Respectable 111 Erzsébet Barát and Ebru Sungun Introduction 111 Situating the 2004 Act 113 Civilising the “uncivilised” 115 Gendering the colonial other 117 Feminist critique of the ban: “Une École pour Tous et pour Toutes” 120 Concluding remarks 121 Implications for teaching 123 Questions and assignments 124 vi Chapter 7: Racial/Ethnic Otherness in Polish Public Discourse 127 Aleksandra M. Różalska Conceptualising the racial other in Polish culture 127 The ethnic and religious composition of Polish society: An historical perspective 129 Legal framework 130 Cultural racism 131 Towards the future 136 Implications for teaching 138 Questions 139 Assignments 139 Chapter 8: “Not a Country for Women, nor for Blacks”: Teaching Race and Gender in Italy between Colonial Heritages and New Perspectives 143 Manuela Coppola and Sonia Sabelli Marketing the “other” 146 “Second generations” and the role of education 150 New perspectives: Teaching race and gender today 152 Implications for teaching 154 Questions 156 Assignments 156 List of Contributors 161 vii ...