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008 001031s2001 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 $aDT1768.W55$bS84 2001
050 00 $aDT1768.W55$bS84 2001
100 1 $aSteyn, Melissa E.
245 10 $aWhiteness just isn't what it used to be :$bwhite
identity in a changing South Africa /$cMelissa E. Steyn.
260 $aAlbany :$bState University of New York
Press,$cc2001.
300 $axxxix, 228 p. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aSUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies)
and critical discourse/s.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-214)
and indexes.
590 $adh.
520 1 $a"The election of 1994, which heralded the demise
of Apartheid as a legally enforced institutionalization of
"whiteness," disconnected the prior moorings of social
identity for most South Africans, whatever their political
persuasion. In one of the most profound collective
psychological experiences of the contemporary world, South
Africans are renegotiating the meaning of their social
positionalities. In this book, Melissa Steyn, herself a
white South African, grapples with what it means to be
white, reflecting on events in her past that still resonate
with her today. Her research includes discourse with more
than fifty white South Africans who are faced with
reinterpreting their old selves in the light of new
knowledge and possibilities. Framed within current debates
of postcolonialism and postmodernism, "Whiteness Just Isn't
What It Used To Be" explores how the changes in South
Africa's social and political structure are changing the
white population's identity and sense of self."--BOOK
JACKET.
650 0 $aWhites$zSouth Africa$xAttitudes.
650 0 $aWhites$zSouth Africa$xPsychology.
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xRace relations.
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1994-
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xSocial conditions$y1994-
651 4 $aSouth Africa$xRace relations.
651 4 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1994-
651 4 $aSouth Africa$xSocial conditions$y1994-
970 01 $tPreface
970 01 $tAcknowledgments
970 01 $tIntroduction
970 11 $l1$tA Master Narrative of Whiteness$p3
970 11 $l2$t"White" South Africans$p23
970 11 $l3$tThings Bad Begun: Growing up "White"$p47
970 11 $l4$tNarrative One: Still Colonial after All These
Years$p59
970 11 $l5$tNarrative Two: This Shouldn't Happen to A
White$p69
970 11 $l6$tNarrative Three: Don't Think White, It's All
Right$p83
970 11 $l7$tNarrative Four: A Whiter Shade of White$p101
970 11 $l8$tNarrative Five: Under African Skies (or White,
but Not Quite)$p115
970 11 $l9$tConclusion: Whiteness Just Isn't What It Used
to Be$p149
970 01 $lApp. 1$tMethodology$p173
970 11 $lApp. 2$tBrief Chronology of South African
Political Events$p179
970 01 $tNotes$p181
970 01 $tReferences$p201
970 01 $tIndexes$p215
