Black Skin/White Masks: The Performative Sustainability of Whiteness (With Apologies to Frantz Fanon)

Alexander, Bryant Keith

doi:10.1177/1077800403257640

Cited by 29 publications

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“…Alexander, 2004). "Becoming White" does not refer to passing as White so much as an apparent failure of some form of racial authenticity.…”

Section: Beyond Reason: the Incoherence Of Racementioning

confidence: 97%

Talking About Race

Pascale

2008

Qualitative Inquiry

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This article examines patterns of common-sense knowledge about race to understand how race is made to appear both self-evident and inherently meaningful in daily interactions. It explores a new methodological imaginary by drawing strategically from ethnomethodology and poststructural discourse analysis to examine the histories and the visions of power that rest beneath the surface of common-sense knowledge about race. Because common-sense knowledge links the production of meaning in local contexts to the broader production of cultural knowledge, it provides a key focal point for examining the dialogical relationship between the apparent agency of local practices and the efficacy of cultural discourse. The article concludes with implications for social research and social justice.

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“…Alexander, 2004). "Becoming White" does not refer to passing as White so much as an apparent failure of some form of racial authenticity.…”

Section: Beyond Reason: the Incoherence Of Racementioning

confidence: 97%

Talking About Race

Pascale

2008

Qualitative Inquiry

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“…Assault, theft, and disturbing the peace." (33). Another instance of racism occurs when a boy Zach who works for August, being arrested for the crime he did not commit.…”

Section: Historical Approach: Convergence Of Sign and Truthmentioning

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An Affirmation of Black Culture through Revolution of Signs: A New Historicism Insight into Sue Mon Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees

Rajendran

2018

SIJMAS

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The Secret Life of Bees begins with Lily's encounter of bees in her bedroom. Bees and bee-related objects function as a central symbol and motif in the novel. Apparently, they also signify guidance and demonstrate the power of a female community through a bond of relationship. Signs and symbols study the life within the society which is a part of social, cultural and psychological relation to semiology. And, also this is a girl's (Lily's) journey to find the truth about her mother whereby setting the captive nanny Rosaleen free from the bondage and finally out of the cage from the confinement of her father T. Ray. Throughout this novel Lily is in search of truth about her mother and whether her mother loved her or not. Eventually, signs and truth converge at a point in understanding the whole novel in a better perspective. Thus, this paper focuses on applying the signs to the text using semiotic theory and further focus on applying the concept of new historicism to the text in the light of truth which is a matter of interpretation of culture and history through revolution whereby affirming the Black Culture and their identity in white. Reality and courage of the novel is highlighted in the scenario of culture identity.

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“…The privilege of being able to choose which differences to highlight in the multiple layers of identity may reflect the powerful positioning of whites as the norm. The positioning of white people as an invisible norm means that others may be repositioned as highly visible and ‘under our gaze’ (Alexander, , p. 667). The ‘whiteness as an invisible norm’ discourse therefore highlights the relationship between whiteness, power and difference.…”

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Constructions and enactments of whiteness: a discursive analysis

Wallis¹,

Singh²

2012

Journal of Family Therapy

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Systemic therapists have argued that it is important to re‐examine issues about white identities if they are to develop cultural competence and cultural sensitivity. Despite this, few studies have explored whiteness in systemic psychotherapy. This small‐scale qualitative study therefore explores how a group of white systemic psychotherapists (trainers and trainees) construct whiteness, how these constructions or discourses facilitate or constrain talk about whiteness and how this influences what therapists do in therapy. The research method used was focus group discussions and an action research approach. The data were analysed using Foucauldian discourse analysis and three main discourses were made apparent: ‘whiteness as an invisible norm’, ‘political correctness’ and ‘systemic therapy discourses’. These discourses are described and the implications, discussed.

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Black Skin/White Masks: The Performative Sustainability of Whiteness (With Apologies to Frantz Fanon)

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Talking About Race

Talking About Race

An Affirmation of Black Culture through Revolution of Signs: A New Historicism Insight into Sue Mon Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees

Constructions and enactments of whiteness: a discursive analysis

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