Annotated Bibliography
Ahmed, Sarah. “A Phenomenology of Whiteness.” Feminist Theory. 8.2 (2007): 149-68. PDF.
Ahmed argues that Whiteness can be understood more completely by approaching it through phenomenology. She posits that Whiteness, as a dominant ideological construct, situates bodies and objects in particular relationships. By studying the ways that those bodies and objects interact, and which bodies and objects draw attention to their interaction (a non-white body in a white space for example), we can better understand the “hidden” nature of the way that Whiteness is constructed. This essay is a great companion to Cresswell’s In Place, Out of Place (for helping to understand place as a construction of Whiteness, and how some bodies are out of place in that construction) with Dixon’s Ride Out the Wilderness and Sibley’s “Creating Geographies of Difference” (for the way that the works understand that bodies in space are not static, but rather negotiate—for Dixon—or interact with objects—for Ahmed—within those spaces or both—for Sibley).
Asante, Molefi Kete, ed. Katrina, Race, Class, and Poverty. Spec. Issue of Journal of Black Studies. 37.4 (2007): 465-571. PDF.
The essays in this special issue of the Journal of Black Studies focus on the …show more content…
While much work has come out since this text, which is considerably stronger and certainly more complex, the three chapters in the “Urban ‘Wilderness’” section are of particular note for the way that they specifically explore the ideas of “urban” and “wild” in terms of race and racial intersections. These chapters are interesting in context with my explorations of the ways that Katrina allowed New Orleans to be rebuilt in the interests of white property owners (Treme, mostly), and ties in with the sections Klein’s Shock Doctrine about Katrina and disaster
Ahmed, Sarah. “A Phenomenology of Whiteness.” Feminist Theory. 8.2 (2007): 149-68. PDF.
Ahmed argues that Whiteness can be understood more completely by approaching it through phenomenology. She posits that Whiteness, as a dominant ideological construct, situates bodies and objects in particular relationships. By studying the ways that those bodies and objects interact, and which bodies and objects draw attention to their interaction (a non-white body in a white space for example), we can better understand the “hidden” nature of the way that Whiteness is constructed. This essay is a great companion to Cresswell’s In Place, Out of Place (for helping to understand place as a construction of Whiteness, and how some bodies are out of place in that construction) with Dixon’s Ride Out the Wilderness and Sibley’s “Creating Geographies of Difference” (for the way that the works understand that bodies in space are not static, but rather negotiate—for Dixon—or interact with objects—for Ahmed—within those spaces or both—for Sibley).
Asante, Molefi Kete, ed. Katrina, Race, Class, and Poverty. Spec. Issue of Journal of Black Studies. 37.4 (2007): 465-571. PDF.
The essays in this special issue of the Journal of Black Studies focus on the …show more content…
While much work has come out since this text, which is considerably stronger and certainly more complex, the three chapters in the “Urban ‘Wilderness’” section are of particular note for the way that they specifically explore the ideas of “urban” and “wild” in terms of race and racial intersections. These chapters are interesting in context with my explorations of the ways that Katrina allowed New Orleans to be rebuilt in the interests of white property owners (Treme, mostly), and ties in with the sections Klein’s Shock Doctrine about Katrina and disaster