White Space (Paperback)

Daniel J. Keyes

ISBN 10: 0774860057 / ISBN 13: 9780774860055

Published by University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2022

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Paperback. Much attention has been paid to race in the Canadian metropolis, but how are the workings of whiteness manifested in the rural-urban? White Space analyzes the dominance of whiteness in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia to expose how this racial notion sustains forms of settler privilege today.Contributors to this perceptive collection critique the cultural economics of whiteness and white supremacy. The first half documents the historical construction of whiteness: how settlers and their ancestors have sought to exalt pioneers by erasing non-whites from the region's heritage while Indigenous people resist this white-out. The second half explores the persistence of whiteness as an organizing principle in the neoliberal deindustrialized present.White Space moves beyond appraising whiteness as if it were a solid and unshakable category. Instead it offers a powerful demonstration of how the concept can be re-envisioned, resisted, and reshaped in contexts of economic change. White Space offers a compelling analysis of how whiteness sustains settler privilege and maintains social inequity in the BC interior. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: White Space (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774860057
• ISBN 13: 9780774860055
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A multidisciplinary survey of race on the rural-urban fringe.
 
Between the country and the city, transitional economies on the rural-urban fringe exhibit a unique and understudied relationship to race. White Space maps the workings of race and colonialism in one such liminal region, Canada’s Okanagan Valley. A diverse group of scholars tracks the contested development of whiteness across history—from rapid settler expansion through to the deindustrialized present. Revealing the contingent instability of whiteness, this book offers a powerful demonstration of how oppressive structures can be reimagined and resisted, especially during times of economic change.
 

About the Authors

Daniel Keyes is associate professor of English and cultural studies at the University of British Columbia.

Luis L.M. Aguiar is associate professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia and coeditor of Researching amongst the Elites: Challenges and Opportunities in Studying Up.