How have ideas about white women figured in the history of racism? Vron Ware argues that they have been central, and that feminism has largely developed as a political movement within racist societies. Dissecting the different meanings of femininity and womanhood,
Beyond
the
Pale
examines the political connections between black and white women, both in contemporary society and in history, including the anti-slavery movement. A major contribution to anti-racist work,
Beyond
the
Pale
confronts the historical meanings of whiteness as a way of overcoming the moralism that so often infuses anti-racist movements.
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Vron Ware is a Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Kingston University, UK. Her books include Out of Whiteness: Colour, Politics, and Culture (with Les Back), Who Cares about Britishness? and Military Migrants: Fighting for YOUR country.
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