Postcolonial Whiteness: A Critical Reader on Race and Empire (Suny Series in Postmodern Culture) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791463621 ISBN 13: 9780791463628

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2005

Synopsis

Explores the undertheorized convergence of postcoloniality and whiteness.

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.

About this title

About the Author

Alfred J. López is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Mississippi and the author of Posts and Pasts: A Theory of Postcolonialism, also published by SUNY Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791463621
• ISBN 13: 9780791463628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 271
• Editor: López Alfred J