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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831083603321

Autore

Shaw Wendy S.

Titolo

Cities of whiteness / / Wendy S. Shaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

1-4443-9971-3

1-281-84072-6

9786611840723

0-470-71293-7

0-470-71268-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Antipode book series

Classificazione

74.27

MH 95000

MS 1270

MS 1750

RX 15627

RX 15808

Disciplina

307.76

307.760994

Soggetti

Urban geography - Australia

Urbanization - Australia

Whites - Race identity - Australia

Racism - Australia

Aboriginal Australians - Attitudes

Australia Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Encountering cities of whiteness -- (Post)colonial Sydney -- 'The good old days' -- Cosmopolitan metropolitanism (or the indifferent city) -- Cities of whiteness.

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking book brings the study of whiteness and postcolonial perspectives to bear on debates about urban change.:.; A thought-provoking contribution to debates about urban change, race



and cosmopolitan urbanism.; Brings the study of whiteness to the discipline of geography, questioning the notion of white ethnicity.; Engages with Indigenous peoples' experiences of whiteness – past and present, and with theoretical postcolonial perspectives.; Uses Sydney as an example of a 'city of whiteness', considering trends such as Sydney's 'SoHo Syndrome' and the 'Harlemisation' of the Aborigin