Whiteness Beyond Colour: Identity and Difference - SOCA3210

   
 
School:  Nura Gili (Indigenous Progrms)
 
 
Contact: Green,Susan Margaret Kim
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: ATSI3005
 
 
Offered: Semester 1 2005
 
 
Fee Band: 1
 
 

Description


Whiteness is generally assumed to be the norm in classifying difference. It is also assumed to be neutral. Delves into whiteness as a mode of identification and whether it can be assumed to be the norm as well as neutral. Topics include whiteness as Other, whiteness as a non-Indigenous identity, and whiteness in coloniser societies. Explorations of whiteness as a representation of oppression and as transformation will be addressed.