Introduction : the political stakes of using whiteness -- Whiteness as terror and supremacy -- Whiteness as a kind of absence -- Whiteness as values, norms and cultural capital -- Whiteness as contingent hierarchies -- Whiteness in the Caribbean and Latin America -- Whiteness at the margins -- How the Irish became white (again) -- 'Asylumgration' : the others blur -- Racial purity, integration and the idea of home -- Conclusion : in defence of the whiteness problematic.
Summary
Making sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book skilfully argues how this concept can help us understand contemporary societies, bringing an emphasis on empirical work to a heavily theorized area.
