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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

López, Alfred J., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples.

Postcolonialism.

Racism.

White people--Race identity.

White people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 261 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

""Postcolonial Whiteness: A Critical Reader on Race and Empire""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION: WHITENESS AFTER EMPIRE""; ""2. THE BODY OF THE PRINCESS""; ""3. LAVENDER AIN'T WHITE: EMERGING QUEER SELF-EXPRESSION IN ITS BROADER CONTEXT""; ""4. WHITENESS IN POST-SOCIALIST EASTERN EUROPE: THE TIME OF THE GYPSIES, THE END OF RACE""; ""5. VAMPIRIC DECOLONIZATION: FANON, TERRORISM AND MUDROOROO'S VAMPIRE TRILOGY""; ""6. WHITE TALK: WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF DIASPORIC WHITENESS""; ""7. THE COLOR OF SCHIZOPHRENIA""

""8. THE GAZE OF THE WHITE WOLF: PSYCHOANALYSIS, WHITENESS, AND COLONIAL TRAUMA"" ""9. MOTLEY'S THE ONLY WEAR: HYBRIDITY, HOMELANDS, AND CONRAD'S HARLEQUIN""; ""10. HYMNS FOR AND FROM WHITE AUSTRALIA""; ""11. THE TIMES OF WHITENESS; OR, RACE BETWEEN THE POSTMODERN AND THE POSTCOLONIAL""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780791483725

079148372X

9781423743842

1423743849

OCLC:

62734829

Publisher Number:

heb40052 hdl