1880-1940 sexuality afrikaners

books:

The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege

18 reviews
Robert Jensen

City Lights Publishers, 2005

Very Good Exploration of Racism
The author does a very good job of bringing to the attention of the reader one of the major sources of racism: white privilege. While it is understandably rejected by those who benefit from racist practices and beliefs, the book does provoke people (who are open about the issue) to reconsider their involvement in such privilege.

The Heart of Whiteness: Normal Sexuality and Race in America, 1880-1940
Julian B. Carter

Duke University Press, 2007

In this groundbreaking study, Julian Carter demonstrates that between 1880 and 1940, cultural discourses of whiteness and heterosexuality fused to form a new concept of the ?normal? American. Gilded Age elites defined white civilization as the triumphant achievement of exceptional people hewing to a relational ethic of strict self-discipline for the common good. During the early twentieth century, that racial and relational ideal was reconceived ...

Heart of Whiteness: Afrikaners Face Black Rule In the New South Africa

7 reviews
June Goodwin

Scribner, 1995

Excellent. Work . Negative reviews racially motivated?
This book thoughtfully uncovers the philosophies and social constructs within the Afrikaner community of South Africa, through interviews with Afrikaners and the reflections and insights of the author. Like all books, the positioning of the author is glimpsed through the narratives, but it does not detract in any way from the fact that the accounts and interviews reflect the realities of the ...