1. White Innocence: Reflections on Public Debates and Political-Analytical Challenges: An Interview with Gloria Wekker
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van den Brandt, H.P., Schrijvers, L.L., Miri, Amal, Mustafa, Nawal, LS Religie, gender en moderniteit, OFR - Religious Studies, LS Religie, gender en moderniteit, OFR - Religious Studies, Migration Law - subdepartment, Kooijmans Institute, and Migration Law - programme
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colonialism ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Innocence ,0603 philosophy, ethics and religion ,Colonialism ,Race (biology) ,Politics ,cultural archive ,5. Gender equality ,050602 political science & public administration ,White Innocence ,Sociology ,race ,media_common ,Intersectionality ,White (horse) ,SDG 5 - Gender Equality ,05 social sciences ,the Netherlands ,Gender studies ,06 humanities and the arts ,SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities ,16. Peace & justice ,Social constructionism ,0506 political science ,Cultural anthropologist ,Gloria Wekker ,060302 philosophy ,intersectionality - Abstract
This contribution is an interview with social and cultural anthropologist of Surinamese-Dutch background prof. dr. emerita Gloria Wekker. It discusses the debate that ensued in the Netherlands after the publication of her book White Innocence (2016), now translated in Dutch as Witte onschuld (2017). The interview covers the reception of the book, Wekker’s future work, and her legacy for the academic as well as public debates about gender and race. It goes into methodological questions concerning intersectional analysis and the notion of race as a social construct.
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- 2018
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