Abstract
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 257-275 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Sociology |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2006 |
Fingerprint
Keywords
- identities
- racism
- whiteness
- racialisation
Cite this
}
The uses of whiteness: what sociologists working on Europe can draw from US research on whiteness. / Garner, Steve J.
In: Sociology, Vol. 40, No. 2, 04.2006, p. 257-275.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - The uses of whiteness: what sociologists working on Europe can draw from US research on whiteness
AU - Garner, Steve J.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Whiteness studies are trans-disciplinary, but here the focus is principally on sociology and social history. Firstly, I identify, elucidate and synthesize the major ways in which whiteness in this literature has hitherto been problematized, to provide a sociological view of the multidisciplinary work so far. Five interpretations are identified; whiteness as absence, as content, as a set of norms, as resources and as a contingent hierarchy. Secondly, I make some proposals regarding the whiteness problematic’s degree of pertinence to European settings, with a brief discussion of the Irish case. Finally, I argue that whiteness is useful if conceptualized in a way that sets it within the parameters of studies of racism.
AB - Whiteness studies are trans-disciplinary, but here the focus is principally on sociology and social history. Firstly, I identify, elucidate and synthesize the major ways in which whiteness in this literature has hitherto been problematized, to provide a sociological view of the multidisciplinary work so far. Five interpretations are identified; whiteness as absence, as content, as a set of norms, as resources and as a contingent hierarchy. Secondly, I make some proposals regarding the whiteness problematic’s degree of pertinence to European settings, with a brief discussion of the Irish case. Finally, I argue that whiteness is useful if conceptualized in a way that sets it within the parameters of studies of racism.
KW - identities
KW - racism
KW - whiteness
KW - racialisation
UR - http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201569&currTree=Subjects&level1=N00&level2=&level3=&
U2 - 10.1177/0038038506062032
DO - 10.1177/0038038506062032
M3 - Article
VL - 40
SP - 257
EP - 275
JO - Sociology
JF - Sociology
SN - 0038-0385
IS - 2
ER -