The power of recall: writing against racial identity

Vron Ware

The power of recall: writing against racial identity

Vron Ware

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Abstract

This essay investigates the autobiographical voice as a means of claiming or disavowing racial identities. With reference to the work of Levi, Bauman, Cohen, Rose and Rich, it argues that the 'autobiographical act' enables the 'disassembling' of the racialised self, offering possibilities for challenging homogenous and reified categories such as 'white' and 'black'. It takes examples from sociological and anthropological theorists to highlight the significance of situation, place and gender, and aligns this argument with feminist work on gender and subjectivity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Racialization
Subtitle of host publication	studies in theory and practice
Editors	Karim Murji, John Solomos
Place of Publication	Oxford, UK
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	123-139
ISBN (Print)	9780199257027
Publication status	Published - 2005

Keywords

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Sociology
autobiography
ethnography
racism in United States
whiteness

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The power of recall: writing against racial identity

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