What’s Going on with Whiteness?
Abstract Calls to “de-center whiteness” in contemporary literature and cultural scholarship raise questions about the meaning of whiteness studies, a field that flourished in the 1990s. This article surveys four recent books that focus on white identity and asks what they tell us about the state of...
| Published in: | American Literary History |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
2023
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajac243 https://academic.oup.com/alh/article-pdf/35/1/432/49282533/ajac243.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Calls to “de-center whiteness” in contemporary literature and cultural scholarship raise questions about the meaning of whiteness studies, a field that flourished in the 1990s. This article surveys four recent books that focus on white identity and asks what they tell us about the state of the field today.[A]re there still things going on that we don’t know, but need to know, about the great white whale? |
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