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

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 261 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.809
• Soggetto topico: Indigenous peoples; Postcolonialism; Racism; Whites - Race identity
• Altri autori: LopezAlfred J. <1962->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: "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
• Titolo autorizzato: Postcolonial whiteness
• ISBN: 0-7914-8372-X; 1-4237-4384-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814398903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II