Feminists talk whiteness / edited by Leigh-Anne Francis, Janet Gray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Francis, Leigh-Anne, editor.

Gray, Janet (Women's studies professor), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and racism.

White feminism.

White people--Race identity--Study and teaching.

White people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2024.

Summary:

Feminists Talk Whiteness offers a multidimensional introduction to whiteness as an ideology and a system of institutional practices, exploring how and why whiteness is a feminist issue. Readers will gain insights and strategies for action from the chapters and poems, which approach whiteness through multiple perspectives and disciplinary approaches. The contents are organized into sections on history, theory and self-reflection, and antiracist praxis. Each section includes suggested questions for writing or discussion, as well as varied activities-from quick research to community action. Feminists Talk Whiteness is for college students, community groups, and book clubs studying whiteness and antiracism. It will work well as a main or companion text in courses in Women's, Gender, and Feminist Studies, as well as other courses across the humanities and social sciences.

Contents:

List of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Facing the dragon Leigh‑Anne Francis and Janet GrayPART IHistories and counterstories 171 Strategic white womanhood: Challenging white feminist perceptions of "Karen" Ruby Hamad2 White women's participation in the attempted genocide of Native American peoples Karla J. Strand3 White women as white supremacist political actors: From the suffragists to the Karens Christina Cavener4 "The good, the bad, and the indifferent": The political pedagogy of Frances Ellen Watkins HarperLeslie K. Dunlap5 The unbearable whiteness of lesbian studiesStephanie Andrea Allen6 bell hooks: Black indigeneity, ancestral memory, and lessons on resistance Reanae McNealPoem: La sangre llama Denise ZubizarretaQuestions, activities, and resources PART IITheory and self‑reflection 7 On white privilege and anesthesia: Why does Peggy McIntosh's knapsack feel weightless? Alison Bailey8 Fear, loathing, and las whiteness: Whiteness as fearfulness Andrea Dionne Warmack9 Academic survival: Troubling the tensions between race, gender, and class in a predominantly white academic institution Carolyn Tinglin10 Colorism in the Latina community: The internalization of racialized sexismMelissa K. Ochoa11 Feminists talk whiteness: Disrupting the grip of white supremacy culture on feminist movement building Ann Russo12 Beyond choice: A dialogue on the whiteness of liberal feminism and reimagining freedom beyond individual choiceHouda Ali and Britt MunroPoem: Amazing Grace (For the children of John Newton) Liseli A. FitzpatrickPoem: My body is a river Rachel O'Hanlon‑odriguezPoem: What chou mean we, white girl, revisited Becky ThompsonQuestions, activities, and resourcesPART IIIFeminist antiracism praxis 22913 From performing equity to loving equity: Combating whiteness in emerging allyship movements Meena Mangat14 The ally's tools: Racialized power and privilege within the antiracist praxisSamantha L. Vandermeade15 Whiteness and indigeneity: Feminism as a settler colonial discourse Ruth Alminas and Cory Pillen16 Teaching transgender studies: Experiential knowledge and race Dana T. Ahern17 Shame work: Reducing supremacy and the violence of white men Cameron Rasmussen18 Like, share, tweet: Anti‑racist cyberactivism vs. performative slacktivism Sara Blanchard and Misasha Suzuki Graham19 Making mistakes: A conversationPeggy Diggs and Lucy R. LippardPoem: and i am sorry Anaïs PetersonPoem: White me: A check listIvy T. SchweitzerPoem: Miranda Waiver for white people Becky ThompsonQuestions, activities, and resources Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-003-44950-6

9781003449508

OCLC:

1446496471