Unveiling Whiteness in the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Veronica Watson; Deirdre Howard-Wagner and Lisa Spanierman - Contributions by Nolan L. Cabrera; Anthea Garman; Adela Fofiu; Tobias Hübinette; Brandy Jensen; Emily R.M. Lind; Catrin Lundström; Charles W. Mills; Delores V. Mullings; Melissa Steyn;

Composed after the election of the first black U.S. president, after the post-global financial crisis, more than a decade after 9/11, and concomitant with a rash of xenophobic incidents across the globe, Unveiling Whiteness distills key themes associated with a post-millennial global whiteness.

CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsIntroductionVeronica WatsonDeirdre Howard-WagnerLisa SpaniermanPart I: Affective WhitenessSection Introduction: Feeling WhiteMelissa SteynChapter 1 The Emotions of White Racism and AntiracismLisa B. SpaniermanNolan L. CabreraChapter 2 Stories of a White Apocalypse on the Romanian InternetAdela FofiuChapter 3 Swedish Whiteness and White Melancholia: A Diagnosis of a White Nation in CrisisTobias HübinetteCatrin LundströmPart II: Governing through WhitenessSection Introduction: Piercing the VeilCharles W. MillsChapter 4 Governing through Neoliberal Multiculturalism: Reconstituting Australian Culture and Cultural Diversity in the Howard Era, 1996¿2007Deirdre Howard-WagnerChapter 5 The Institutionalization of Whiteness in Contemporary Canadian Public PolicyDelores V. MullingsChapter 6 Arizona 2010Brandy JensenDeirdre Howard-WagnerChapter 7 ¿The Master¿s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master¿s House¿: Reading France¿s Recognition Politics through Fanon¿s Critique of Whiteness and ColonialityVanessa Eileen ThompsonPart III: Disrupting and Reimagining WhitenessSection Introduction: When Heaven and Earth Are Shaken to Their FoundationsGeorge YancyChapter 8 Troubling White Englishness in South Africa: A Self-Interrogation of Privilege, Complicity, Citizenship, and BelongingAnthea GarmanChapter 9 I Once Was Lost but Now I¿m Found: Exploring the White Feminist ConfessionalEmily R.M. LindChapter 10 Theorizing White Racial Trauma and its RemediesVeronica WatsonBecky ThompsonAbout the Contributors