Monday, 6 February, 10.15-12.00

Introducing Critical Whiteness Studies

This lecture introduces Critical Race and Whiteness Studies (CRAWS) as a field of critical thought within social sciences and the humanities. What are the key issues? How did it come about and what does it do today?

Literature

Ahmed, Sara, 2007, "A phenomenology of whiteness", in Feminist Theory, 8(2)

Frankenberg, Ruth, 1992, ”Introduction: Points of Origin, Points of Departure” in White Women. Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness. pp 1-22 (uploaded on Canvas)

hooks, bell, 1993 ”Representing Whiteness in the Black Imagination”, in Grossberg et. al (eds) Cultural Studies, pp 338-346 ( uploaded on Canvas)

McIntosh, Peggy, 1988 White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (excerpted from Working Paper 189. “White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women’s Studies”) (uploaded on Canvas)