ISSN:
0141-9870
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Ethnic and racial studies : ERS
Publ. der Quelle:
London [u.a.] : Routledge
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 40, No. 9 (2017), p. 1598
DDC:
390
Abstract:
Steve Garner has provided a through and far reaching critique on the extent to which a “Third Wave” perspective on whiteness has (or has not) lived up to the theoretical promises and epistemological claims outlined here in this journal almost a decade ago. Not surprisingly from a scholar who quite literally wrote a book on whiteness (Whiteness: An Introduction, Routledge 2010) his observations and assessments are exceptionally expansive, touching on no less than ten strengths and weaknesses on our piece, “The Future of Whiteness: Mapping the Third Wave”. In this response we focus on three of the larger concerns he raises about the promise of “white studies”. We will focus on (1) Gardner’s question if “canon of whiteness” with an agreed upon set of theoretical principles or empirical propositions has emerged over the last decade or if whiteness should simply be subsumed under the umbrella race and ethnic relations. (2) How do we reconcile that the centrality of whiteness is essentially an expression of white supremacy with scholarship that drifts away from or minimizes the power relations inherent in a racial hierarchy where whiteness is hegemonic. Garner’s concern here is one of definition: how should whiteness be defined and could the idea of white studies be operationalized, moving from the abstract to the concrete. (3) Garner asks if the study of whiteness, and third wave whiteness in particular, has lived up to its most grand, and sweeping claim to “make white supremacy visible”. We conclude that the field of whiteness studies has not only grown exponentially, but the treatment of whiteness as a socio-political category linked to power and privilege, is now a subfield within the broader category of critical race studies and racial and ethnic relations. Whiteness studies or at least a discussion of white privilege is now included in many standard sociology textbooks and readers.
Note:
Copyright: © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2017
DOI:
10.1080/01419870.2017.1308535
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2017.1308535
URL:
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1906151668
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