Republishing ‘The Ten Little Negros’: Exploring nationalism and ‘whiteness’ in Iceland
The Icelandic version of the book The Ten Little Negros was republished in the autumn of 2007 after its original publication in Iceland in 1922, creating multilayered debate about the meaning of race and racism in Iceland. In this paper, I stress that, within the European context, ‘whiteness’ has to...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1468796812472854 2023-05-15T16:45:14+02:00 Republishing ‘The Ten Little Negros’: Exploring nationalism and ‘whiteness’ in Iceland Loftsdóttir, Kristín 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796812472854 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1468796812472854 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1468796812472854 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Ethnicities volume 13, issue 3, page 295-315 ISSN 1468-7968 1741-2706 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Cultural Studies journal-article 2013 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796812472854 2022-04-14T04:48:08Z The Icelandic version of the book The Ten Little Negros was republished in the autumn of 2007 after its original publication in Iceland in 1922, creating multilayered debate about the meaning of race and racism in Iceland. In this paper, I stress that, within the European context, ‘whiteness’ has to be theorized as emerging from particular histories and realities, being entangled with other identifications such as national identity. I explore the debate surrounding the book, claiming that it reveals how Icelanders struggle to see themselves as innocent in relation to racism. I suggest that the constant references to the past in these dialogues seek to establish Icelandic innocence as a persistent and ongoing Icelandic characteristic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Ethnicities 13 3 295 315 |
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The Icelandic version of the book The Ten Little Negros was republished in the autumn of 2007 after its original publication in Iceland in 1922, creating multilayered debate about the meaning of race and racism in Iceland. In this paper, I stress that, within the European context, ‘whiteness’ has to be theorized as emerging from particular histories and realities, being entangled with other identifications such as national identity. I explore the debate surrounding the book, claiming that it reveals how Icelanders struggle to see themselves as innocent in relation to racism. I suggest that the constant references to the past in these dialogues seek to establish Icelandic innocence as a persistent and ongoing Icelandic characteristic. |
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Republishing ‘The Ten Little Negros’: Exploring nationalism and ‘whiteness’ in Iceland |
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