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White Women in Racialized Spaces
- Imaginative Transformation and Ethical Action in Literature
Engelsk Paperback
White Women in Racialized Spaces
- Imaginative Transformation and Ethical Action in Literature
Engelsk Paperback

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Explores the unique relationship between white women and racial Others in a wide variety of literary works.

At once racially privileged and sexually marginalized, white women have been energetic in calling for solidarity among all women in opposing patriarchy, but have not been equally motivated to examine their own racial privilege. White Women in Racialized Spaces turns primarily to literature to illuminate the undeniable blind spots in white women''s comprehension of their advantage. The contributors cover extensive historical ground, from early captivity narratives of white women in seventeenth-century America up to the present-day trials of Louise Woodward and Manjit Basuta, both British nannies accused of causing the deaths of their infant charges in the United States. Their wide-ranging discussions also include representations of white women in Native American, Latin American, African, Asian, and Middle Eastern contexts. The volume ultimately makes the case that, by creating alternative scenarios to particular ethical, political, or emotional problems against which readers and characters test their responses, literature forms an ideal vehicle for exploring white women''s actual and potential roles in their efforts to undercut the oppressive force of whiteness.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
284
ISBN-13:
9780791454787
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0791454789
Udg. Dato:
1 aug 2002
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
229mm
Højde:
150mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
1 aug 2002
Forfatter(e):
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