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...

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Published in:American Literary History
Main Author: Travis, Trysh
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2023
Subjects:
Literature and Literary Theory
History
Cultural Studies
White whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajac243
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/alh/ajac243 2023-05-15T18:44:03+02:00 What’s Going on with Whiteness? Travis, Trysh 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajac243 https://academic.oup.com/alh/article-pdf/35/1/432/49282533/ajac243.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights American Literary History volume 35, issue 1, page 432-444 ISSN 0896-7148 1468-4365 Literature and Literary Theory History Cultural Studies journal-article 2023 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/alh/ajac243 2023-02-24T11:19:18Z 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? Article in Journal/Newspaper White whale Oxford University Press (via Crossref) American Literary History 35 1 432 444
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