Georgie Wemyss

The Invisible Empire

White Discourse, Tolerance and Belonging

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Produktbeschreibung

How have dominant white and liberal discourses maintained their hegemony in a post-colonial world? Georgie Wemyss offers a significant and original contribution to critical race theory through this anthropological account of the cultural hegemony of the West. She demonstrates how concepts of tolerance have been substantially reproduced through time in order to accommodate the challenges of history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781138274211
• ISBN-10: 1138274216
• Artikelnr.: 51259517

Autorenporträt

Georgie Wemyss is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging at the University of East London, U.K.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction; Part I: Introduction to Chapters 1 and 2; Terra
nullius to the shrouding of Milligan: White histories on the Isle of Dogs;
Competing colonial anniversaries in 'postcolonial' Blackwall: White
memories, White belonging. Part II: Introduction to Chapters 3 and 4;
Subjects of the invisible empire: 'outside extremists', 'White East
Enders', 'passive Bengalis'; 'The East End' marketing strategy and the
consolidation of the White East End. Part III: Introduction to Chapters 5
and 6; Tolerance, the invisible empire and the hierarchy of belonging;
'Lascars', colonial genealogies and exclusionary categories. Conclusion:
exposing the invisible empire: towards commonality and metropolitan
belonging; Bibliography; Index.