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Stefanie Affeldt
Independent Researcher, History and Sociology, Department Member
- University of Essex, Department of History, AlumnusUniversity of Hamburg, Fachbereich Sozialökonomie, Alumnus, and 4 moreadd
- Sociology, Race and Racism, Racism, Australia, Everyday Racism, Whiteness, and 28 moreSugar, History of Sugar, Image Analysis, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Australian History, Australian racism, Sugar and Racism, Race and Ethnicity, Social documentary photography, Postkoloniale Und Rassismusforschung, Rasse und Rassismus, Human Remains (Anthropology), Repatriation of Indigenous Human Remains, Australian Studies, Australian Politics, Australian Indigenous Archaeology, Australian cultural history, Media Studies, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Food, White Australia Policy, Human Remains and Ethics, Critical Race Theory, Colonialism, and German Colonialism(Sugar, History of Sugar, Image Analysis, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Australian History, Australian racism, Sugar and Racism, Race and Ethnicity, Social documentary photography, Postkoloniale Und Rassismusforschung, Rasse und Rassismus, Human Remains (Anthropology), Repatriation of Indigenous Human Remains, Australian Studies, Australian Politics, Australian Indigenous Archaeology, Australian cultural history, Media Studies, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Food, White Australia Policy, Human Remains and Ethics, Critical Race Theory, Colonialism, and German Colonialism)edit
- Dr. rer. pol. (Historical Sociology, Racism Analysis), University of Hamburg MA Cultural and Social History, Univer... moreDr. rer. pol. (Historical Sociology, Racism Analysis), University of Hamburg
MA Cultural and Social History, University of Essex
BA Sociology, Macquarie University
2023- | Independent Researcher (Whiteness, Racism, Colonialism | Germany & Australia)
2022 | Visiting Fellow, University of Trier
2018-2022 | Research Fellow, Ruprecht-Karls Universität
2017 | Visiting Fellow, Heidelberg University
2014-2017 | Visiting Lecturer, Leuphana University
add. info: www.stefanieaffeldt.net(Dr. rer. pol. (Historical Sociology, Racism Analysis), University of Hamburg <br />MA Cultural and Social History, University of Essex <br />BA Sociology, Macquarie University <br /><br />2023- | Independent Researcher (Whiteness, Racism, Colonialism | Germany & Australia)<br />2022 | Visiting Fellow, University of Trier<br />2018-2022 | Research Fellow, Ruprecht-Karls Universität<br />2017 | Visiting Fellow, Heidelberg University<br />2014-2017 | Visiting Lecturer, Leuphana University <br /><br />add. info: www.stefanieaffeldt.net)edit
The "white Australia policy" has so far largely been discussed with regard only to its political-ideological perspective. No account was taken of the central problem of racist societalization, i.e. the everyday production and reproduction... more
The "white Australia policy" has so far largely been discussed with regard only to its political-ideological perspective. No account was taken of the central problem of racist societalization, i.e. the everyday production and reproduction of "race" as a social relation ("doing race") supported by broad sections of the population.
This comprehensive study of Australian racism and the "white sugar" campaign shows that the latter was only able to achieve success because it was embedded in a widespread "white Australia culture" that found expression in all spheres of life.
This comprehensive study of Australian racism and the "white sugar" campaign shows that the latter was only able to achieve success because it was embedded in a widespread "white Australia culture" that found expression in all spheres of life.
Research Interests: History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Cultural Geography, Gender Studies, and 66 moreCultural Sociology, Australian Studies, Cultural Heritage, Race and Racism, Social and Cultural Anthropology, History of Science, Cultural Theory, Reproduction, Critical Race Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Consumerism, Colonialism, Australia, Australian history (Australia), Australian society, Australian politics (Australia), Australian multiculturalism, Consumption Studies, Culture, Cross-Cultural Studies, Post-Colonialism, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Feminism, Whiteness Studies, Racism, British Empire, Consumer Culture, Political Economies of Capitalism, Imperialism/Colonialism, Racism, and Patriarchy, Everyday Racism, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Social History, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian Politics, Sociology of Everyday Life, Australian History, Cultural Anthropology, Australian Literature, Abortion, Critical Whiteness Studies, Sexuality Studies, Political consumerism, Sugar cane, Race, Maternity, Racismo y discriminación, Sugar industry, Queer, Twentieth-Century Australian History, Sugar Technology, Australian foreign policy, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, Whiteness, Sugar, History of Sugar, Australian cultural history, Sugarcane, Australian racism, Postkoloniale Und Rassismusforschung, Colonialism and Imperialism, Rassismus, Australien, Rasse und Rassismus, Australische Geschichte, Lesbian and Gay History, Citrizenship, and Sexualtiy Gender and National Identity(Cultural Sociology, Australian Studies, Cultural Heritage, Race and Racism, Social and Cultural Anthropology, History of Science, Cultural Theory, Reproduction, Critical Race Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Consumerism, Colonialism, Australia, Australian history (Australia), Australian society, Australian politics (Australia), Australian multiculturalism, Consumption Studies, Culture, Cross-Cultural Studies, Post-Colonialism, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Feminism, Whiteness Studies, Racism, British Empire, Consumer Culture, Political Economies of Capitalism, Imperialism/Colonialism, Racism, and Patriarchy, Everyday Racism, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Social History, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian Politics, Sociology of Everyday Life, Australian History, Cultural Anthropology, Australian Literature, Abortion, Critical Whiteness Studies, Sexuality Studies, Political consumerism, Sugar cane, Race, Maternity, Racismo y discriminación, Sugar industry, Queer, Twentieth-Century Australian History, Sugar Technology, Australian foreign policy, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, Whiteness, Sugar, History of Sugar, Australian cultural history, Sugarcane, Australian racism, Postkoloniale Und Rassismusforschung, Colonialism and Imperialism, Rassismus, Australien, Rasse und Rassismus, Australische Geschichte, Lesbian and Gay History, Citrizenship, and Sexualtiy Gender and National Identity)
(Cultural Sociology, Australian Studies, Cultural Heritage, Race and Racism, Social and Cultural Anthropology, History of Science, Cultural Theory, Reproduction, Critical Race Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Consumerism, Colonialism, Australia, Australian history (Australia), Australian society, Australian politics (Australia), Australian multiculturalism, Consumption Studies, Culture, Cross-Cultural Studies, Post-Colonialism, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Feminism, Whiteness Studies, Racism, British Empire, Consumer Culture, Political Economies of Capitalism, Imperialism/Colonialism, Racism, and Patriarchy, Everyday Racism, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Social History, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian Politics, Sociology of Everyday Life, Australian History, Cultural Anthropology, Australian Literature, Abortion, Critical Whiteness Studies, Sexuality Studies, Political consumerism, Sugar cane, Race, Maternity, Racismo y discriminación, Sugar industry, Queer, Twentieth-Century Australian History, Sugar Technology, Australian foreign policy, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, Whiteness, Sugar, History of Sugar, Australian cultural history, Sugarcane, Australian racism, Postkoloniale Und Rassismusforschung, Colonialism and Imperialism, Rassismus, Australien, Rasse und Rassismus, Australische Geschichte, Lesbian and Gay History, Citrizenship, and Sexualtiy Gender and National Identity)
Vor rund 150 Jahren verließ sie nach zehnjährigem Aufenthalt Queensland und erreichte den Hamburger Hafen mit zwei Adlern im Gepäck. Amalie Dietrich war eine der »wissenschaftlichen Sendlinge«, die im Auftrage des Hamburger Kaufmann Johan... more
Vor rund 150 Jahren verließ sie nach zehnjährigem Aufenthalt Queensland und erreichte den Hamburger Hafen mit zwei Adlern im Gepäck. Amalie Dietrich war eine der »wissenschaftlichen Sendlinge«, die im Auftrage des Hamburger Kaufmann Johan Cesar VI. Godeffroy als Forschungsreisende in die südliche Hemisphäre aufbrachen. Durch ihren Arbeitgeber wurde die bereits als Botanikerin bekannte Frau in unmittelbaren Kontakt mit dem Kolonialismus gebracht. Für dessen Museum übersendete sie, neben Spezimina der lokalen Fauna und Flora, auch Waffen, Geräte und andere Manufakte sowie die sterblichen Überreste von mindestens elf indigenen Australier*innen. Gemäß dem anthropologischen Jargon wurden auch letztere ›gesammelt‹ – tatsächlich wurde ihre Beschaffung bereits damals als Störung der Totenruhe und Schändung von Leichnamen problematisiert.
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This historical chapter investigates two examples of racist political consumerism in early-20th-century Australia. It found expression in a locally particular form as the ‘White Sugar’ campaign, which declared consumption of cane sugar a... more
This historical chapter investigates two examples of racist political consumerism in early-20th-century Australia. It found expression in a locally particular form as the ‘White Sugar’ campaign, which declared consumption of cane sugar a moral duty for everyone in support of White Australia. Meanwhile, the ‘Buy Australian-Made’ campaign called on Australian consumers to express their national pride by consuming locally manufactured products. Both campaigns drew on broader logics of commodity racism that, praising ‘white supremacy’ and subscribing to ideologies of national progress, welded together everyday culture with the political programme of the time and contributed to the emergence of an imagined racist community of consumers.
Research Interests: Historical Sociology, Race and Racism, Consumerism, Food History, Consumer Behavior, and 10 moreHistory Of Food Consumption, Consumer Culture, Australian Politics, Australian History, International Historical Sociology, Political consumerism, White Australia Policy, Australian foreign policy, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, and Commodity Racism
In: ›And there'll be NO dancing‹. Perspectives on Policies Impacting Indigenous Australia since 2007, ed. by Elisabeth Bähr, Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholar Publishing 2017.
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Art History, Indigenous or Aboriginal Studies, and 10 moreAustralian Studies, Race and Racism, Race and Ethnicity, Australia, Whiteness Studies, Australian Indigenous Studies, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian History, Aboriginal History in Australia, and Politcal Sociology, Political History, Political Sciences
Since its first screening in 1933, ›King Kong‹ has been interpreted from a multitude of perspectives. Based on the original movie, this analysis is focussed on the superimposition and conjunction of racism and sexism in the narration and... more
Since its first screening in 1933, ›King Kong‹ has been interpreted from a multitude of perspectives. Based on the original movie, this analysis is focussed on the superimposition and conjunction of racism and sexism in the narration and integrates its socio-historical contextualization into the investigation. This makes obvious that the fi lm is far from being a ›Beauty and the Beast‹ fairy tale but launches a double attack on emancipation and self-determination. The movie sacrifices a ›new woman‹ to an old stereotype, the simianized exaggeration of a black man. This is a direct answer to the liberation and civil rights movements of the time, and also one which propagates existing counter-strategies as well. By the sexualisation of the plot, it connects the story to the eugenically shaped racial hysteria and the politics of lynching. By embedding the story in a history of discovery, it also links the narrative to the history of imperialism and colonial oppression. In view of this twofold threat, it suggests a solution that had already found its literary phrasing: ›Exterminate all the brutes‹.
Research Interests: Cultural History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Media Studies, and 15 moreMedia and Cultural Studies, Cultural Sociology, Film Studies, Film Theory, Race and Racism, Film Analysis, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Critical Race Theory, Culture, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Film and Media Studies, King Kong, Racism Analysis, Polical Sociology, and King Kong Theory(Media and Cultural Studies, Cultural Sociology, Film Studies, Film Theory, Race and Racism, Film Analysis, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Critical Race Theory, Culture, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Film and Media Studies, King Kong, Racism Analysis, Polical Sociology, and King Kong Theory)
(Media and Cultural Studies, Cultural Sociology, Film Studies, Film Theory, Race and Racism, Film Analysis, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Critical Race Theory, Culture, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Film and Media Studies, King Kong, Racism Analysis, Polical Sociology, and King Kong Theory)
During the first one hundred and fifty years of European settlement in Australia, whiteness as a social construction underlay continuous definition and redefinition with regard to its boundaries of belonging. Initially, the convicts usually... more
During the first one hundred and fifty years of European settlement in Australia, whiteness as a social construction underlay continuous definition and redefinition with regard to its boundaries of belonging. Initially, the convicts usually dwelled at the social fringes of the early settler society and only experienced symbolical admittance to ›whiteness‹ in contradistinction to the indigenous people. Subsequently, members of the labour movement were able to draw on ideological elements of ›whiteness‹ to maintain their ground in the struggle against capital. When, at the turn of the twentieth century, legislation and a broad desire for a ›White Australia‹ helped the Queensland sugar industry to become the model for a physically, socially and demographically ›white‹ industry, labour was enabled to fight successfully for tangible ›wages of whiteness‹. Though the consumption of Australian sugar then became the outward profession of faith to white supremacy, during the following decades the subsidization of Australian sugar remained the basis on which doubts about the intra-Australian demarcation of ›whiteness‹ were expressed.
Research Interests: History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Race and Racism, Race and Ethnicity, and 18 moreAustralia, Australian history (Australia), Australian politics (Australia), Food History, Culture, Whiteness Studies, Racism, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian History, Critical Whiteness Studies, Sugar cane, Critical Whiteness, Food & Culture, Political economy of sugar production, Yellow Peril, Australian racism, Australian Sugar, and Sugar and Racism(Australia, Australian history (Australia), Australian politics (Australia), Food History, Culture, Whiteness Studies, Racism, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian History, Critical Whiteness Studies, Sugar cane, Critical Whiteness, Food & Culture, Political economy of sugar production, Yellow Peril, Australian racism, Australian Sugar, and Sugar and Racism)
(Australia, Australian history (Australia), Australian politics (Australia), Food History, Culture, Whiteness Studies, Racism, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian History, Critical Whiteness Studies, Sugar cane, Critical Whiteness, Food & Culture, Political economy of sugar production, Yellow Peril, Australian racism, Australian Sugar, and Sugar and Racism)
Australian invasion novels were meant to be a tocsin for a country allegedly more interested in sports and leisure than in politics and defence. By telling dystopian stories about a dismal future, their authors urged the establishment of... more
Australian invasion novels were meant to be a tocsin for a country allegedly more interested in sports and leisure than in politics and defence. By telling dystopian stories about a dismal future, their authors urged the establishment of a national army, to unite the classes against the invading foe, and to populate the country while challenging the ties to Britain. These novels not only provide a picture of the stereotypical depiction of Asians and the efforts to close the borders against these undesired immigrants, but also shed light on the intra-societal tension of a country during its early years as a 'white' nation. This article shows how the novels authors used racist elements related to colour, gender, nation, and class to tell tales of invasion in an allegedly endangered 'white' Australia around the time of the Federation in 1901.
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This study examines the character of racism as a social relation. As such, racism is continuously produced and modified, not only culturally and ideologically but also in social interaction. Understanding racism and its repercussions... more
This study examines the character of racism as a social relation. As such, racism is continuously produced and modified, not only culturally and ideologically but also in social interaction. Understanding racism and its repercussions demands close investigation of all the processes involved. An instructive example is an incident that unfolded in the early 1910s in Broome, Western Australia. The exemption from immigration restriction of a Japanese doctor raised tempers at a time when the nationwide aspiration for a racially homogeneous society determined political and social attitudes, and ‘whiteness’ was a crucial element of Australianness. The possibility of admitting a Japanese professional to a town that was already suspected of race chaos fuelled debates about the question of ‘coloured labour’ and the ‘yellow peril’, while challenging the unambiguousness of class and race boundaries. The influence and wealth of some Japanese, the indispensable position of their compatriots in th...
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With the Federation of Australia, aspiration for racial homogeneity was firmly established as being fundamental to national identity. Therefore, increasing criticism was directed against Asian employment in the pearl-shelling industry of... more
With the Federation of Australia, aspiration for racial homogeneity was firmly established as being fundamental to national identity. Therefore, increasing criticism was directed against Asian employment in the pearl-shelling industry of Broome. It was not least against the backdrop of population politics, that several efforts were implemented to disestablish the purportedly ‘multiracial enclave’ in ‘White Australia.’ These culminated in “the white experiment,” i.e. the introduction of a dozen British men to evince European fitness as pearl divers and initiate the replacement of Asian pearling crews. Embedded in these endeavours were reflections of broader discourses on ‘white supremacy’ and racist discrimination.
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Vor rund 150 Jahren verließ sie nach zehnjährigem Aufenthalt Queensland und erreichte den Hamburger Hafen mit zwei Adlern im Gepäck. Amalie Dietrich war eine der »wissenschaftlichen Sendlinge«, die im Auftrage des Hamburger Kaufmann Johan... more
Vor rund 150 Jahren verließ sie nach zehnjährigem Aufenthalt Queensland und erreichte den Hamburger Hafen mit zwei Adlern im Gepäck. Amalie Dietrich war eine der »wissenschaftlichen Sendlinge«, die im Auftrage des Hamburger Kaufmann Johan Cesar VI. Godeffroy als Forschungsreisende in die südliche Hemisphäre aufbrachen. Durch ihren Arbeitgeber wurde die bereits als Botanikerin bekannte Frau in unmittelbaren Kontakt mit dem Kolonialismus gebracht. Für dessen Museum übersendete sie, neben Spezimina der lokalen Fauna und Flora, auch Waffen, Geräte und andere Manufakte sowie die sterblichen Überreste von mindestens elf indigenen Australier*innen. Gemäß dem anthropologischen Jargon wurden auch letztere ›gesammelt‹ – tatsächlich wurde ihre Beschaffung bereits damals als Störung der Totenruhe und Schändung von Leichnamen problematisiert.
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Research Interests: Cultural History, Australian Studies, Race and Racism, History of Science, Critical Race Theory, and 10 moreRace and Ethnicity, Australia, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Racism, Social History, Australian Politics, Australian History, Racialization, History of Race and Ethnicity, and Racismo y discriminación
In the context of her bicentenary in 2021, Amalie Dietrich will again be celebrated as a feminist paragon or condemned as a racist culprit. Her stay in Australia will be central to these contrasting approaches to her biography. There, she... more
In the context of her bicentenary in 2021, Amalie Dietrich will again be celebrated as a feminist paragon or condemned as a racist culprit. Her stay in Australia will be central to these contrasting approaches to her biography. There, she gathered a remarkable amount of native plants, animals, ethnological everyday objects – and human remains. In this context, she was subjected to suspicions of incitement in murder early on and to allegedly critical investigations concerning her role in the anthropological desecration of corpses in recent times. In this paper, we contribute some arguments to the clarification of this controversial subject. It focuses on the treatment of image of Amalie Dietrich in the German discourse from the Kaiserreich via the Weimar Republic, the fascist ‘Reich’, the Federal Republic as well as the Democratic Republic to reunited Germany. As a result, we argue that a critical biography of Amalie Dietrich must integrate the appreciation of her contribution to bot...
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This article investigates the history of the Queensland cane sugar industry and its cultural and political relations. It explores the way the sugar industry was transformed from an enterprise drawing on the traditional plantation crop... more
This article investigates the history of the Queensland cane sugar industry and its cultural and political relations. It explores the way the sugar industry was transformed from an enterprise drawing on the traditional plantation crop cultivated by an unfree labour force and employing workers into an industry that was an important, symbolical element of ‘White Australia’ that was firmly grounded in the cultural, political, nationalist, and racist reasoning of the day. The demographic and social changes drew their incitement and legitimation from the ‘White Australia’ culture that was represented in all social strata. Australia was geographically remote but culturally close to the mother country and was assigned a special position as a lone outpost of Western culture. This was aggravated by scenarios of allegedly imminent invasions by the surrounding Asian powers, which further urged cane sugar’s transformation from a ‘black’ to a ‘white man’s industry’. As a result, during the sugar...
Research Interests: Philosophy, Australian Studies, Race and Racism, Race and Ethnicity, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and 7 moreCritical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian History, History of Race and Ethnicity, White Australia Policy, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, Australian racism, and Commodity Racism
My doctoral thesis1 investigates as a central topic the racist societalization from the eighteenth to the twentieth century in Australia (Affeldt 2014). It looks, in particular, at the processes of everyday ‘production’ and ‘reproduction’... more
My doctoral thesis1 investigates as a central topic the racist societalization from the eighteenth to the twentieth century in Australia (Affeldt 2014). It looks, in particular, at the processes of everyday ‘production’ and ‘reproduction’ of “race” as a social relation. This regards not only the so-called White Australia policy but also a comprehensive white culture that stimulated participation of broad sections of the mainstream population. My study examines an issue that was literally in everyone’s mouth at the beginning of the twentieth century: – sugar; to be precise white cane sugar, cultivated and produced in Queensland. It was white not only regarding its visible purity. Much more importantly, after some arduous demographic and social transformations, Queensland sugar attained a double whiteness – chemically and, most notably, ideologically. The title of this essay is taken from a newspaper article in The Worker, one of the mouthpieces of the labour movement and the most vociferous, at least as far as White Sugar was concerned. “Making Black White. The Sugar Transformation in Australia” (The Worker 1909: 7) was published at a watershed moment in the history of White Sugar in Australia. The sugar industry was considered racially white, i.e., the deportation of the South Sea Islanders had paved the way to the recruitment of European, preferably British, workers. It was, however, not yet a “white man’s industry” (Chataway 1921: 140), in the sense that the working and living conditions in the cane sugar districts were not deemed suitable for European standards and thus white workers’ willingness to engage in the sugar industry remained low. The newspaper article further emphasizes the importance of White Sugar for White Australia by stating
Research Interests: Geography, Anthropology, Race and Racism, Australia, Consumption Studies, and 10 moreWhiteness Studies, History Of Food Consumption, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian Politics, Australian History, Critical Whiteness Studies, Whiteness, Institutionalised racism in Australia, Racism Analysis, and Commodity Racism
This study examines the character of racism as a social relation. As such, racism is continuously produced and modified, not only culturally and ideologically but also in social interaction. Understanding racism and its repercussions... more
This study examines the character of racism as a social relation. As such, racism is continuously produced and modified, not only culturally and ideologically but also in social interaction. Understanding racism and its repercussions demands close investigation of all the processes involved. An instructive example is an incident that unfolded in the early 1910s in Broome, Western Australia. The exemption from immigration restriction of a Japanese doctor raised tempers at a time when the nationwide aspiration for a racially homogeneous society determined political and social attitudes, and ‘whiteness’ was a crucial element of Australianness. The possibility of admitting a Japanese professional to a town that was already suspected of race chaos fuelled debates about the question of ‘coloured labour’ and the ‘yellow peril’, while challenging the unambiguousness of class and race boundaries. The influence and wealth of some Japanese, the indispensable position of their compatriots in th...
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With the Federation of Australia, aspiration for racial homogeneity was firmly established as being fundamental to national identity. Therefore, increasing criticism was directed against Asian employment in the pearl-shelling industry of... more
With the Federation of Australia, aspiration for racial homogeneity was firmly established as being fundamental to national identity. Therefore, increasing criticism was directed against Asian employment in the pearl-shelling industry of Broome. It was not least against the backdrop of population politics, that several efforts were implemented to disestablish the purportedly ‘multiracial enclave’ in ‘White Australia.’ These culminated in “the white experiment,” i.e. the introduction of a dozen British men to evince European fitness as pearl divers and initiate the replacement of Asian pearling crews. Embedded in these endeavours were reflections of broader discourses on ‘white supremacy’ and racist discrimination.
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, Australians were possessed by two obsessions – the fear of the ‘yellow peril ’ and the desire for a white society. The fear of the ‘yellow peril ’ found expression in science and politics as well... more
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Australians were possessed by two obsessions – the fear of the ‘yellow peril ’ and the desire for a white society. The fear of the ‘yellow peril ’ found expression in science and politics as well as in innumerable invasion novels which depicted the swamping of the European outpost in the Pacific by Asiatic hordes. The programme of a white society was reasoned scientifically and found political supporters not least in the labour movement. Moreover, it found expression in a medium which was even more popular than pulp fiction: commodity racism which propagated the consumption of ‘white sugar’. ‘White sugar ’ was a very special commodity. Refined white and produced white, it comprised white labourers, dearer sweetness, protection from the world market, and gaining of intra-continental acceptance through subsidies. Both invasion novels and sugar consumption aimed at the whole society.
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This historical chapter investigates two examples of racist political consumerism in early-twentieth-century Australia. It found expression in a locally particular form known as the White Sugar campaign, which declared consumption of cane... more
This historical chapter investigates two examples of racist political consumerism in early-twentieth-century Australia. It found expression in a locally particular form known as the White Sugar campaign, which declared consumption of cane sugar a moral duty for everyone in support of White Australia. Meanwhile, the Buy Australian-Made campaign called on Australian consumers to express their national pride by consuming locally manufactured products. Both campaigns drew on broader logics of commodity racism that, praising white supremacy and subscribing to ideologies of national progress, welded together everyday culture with the political programme of the time and contributed to the emergence of an imagined racist community of consumers.
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federation of the Australian colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia was the endpoint of more than a hundred years of legitimation of British land taking and more than a decade of evocation of the ›white‹ community. The racism... more
federation of the Australian colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia was the endpoint of more than a hundred years of legitimation of British land taking and more than a decade of evocation of the ›white‹ community. The racism imported from Europe was specified and fortified by the alleged ›yellow peril‹, which was springing from the geographical location of the Australian continent. The ensuing ›white Australia policy‹ has so far largely been discussed with regard only to the politicalideological perspective. No account was taken of the central problem of racist societalization, that is the everyday production and reproduction of ›race‹ as a social relation (›doing race‹) which was supported by broad sections of the population. In her comprehensive study of Australian racism and the ›white sugar‹ campaign, Stefanie Affeldt shows that the latter was only able to achieve success because it was embedded in a widespread ›white Australia culture‹ that found expression in all spheres...
On a rainy November afternoon in 1925, a train left a depot in Sydney. With thousands of people watching, cheering, and waving handkerchiefs, while the band played the unofficial anthem of Australia, “Advance Australia Fair,” it departed... more
On a rainy November afternoon in 1925, a train left a depot in Sydney. With thousands of people watching, cheering, and waving handkerchiefs, while the band played the unofficial anthem of Australia, “Advance Australia Fair,” it departed on a marketing journey that had never been seen before. The train’s length of more than one thousand feet alone was bound to be impressive, but even more striking was its radiant white coating. The name “Great White Train” was to be taken literally, not only regarding its outward appearance but also, above all, due to its ideological agenda. It was the acme of a largescale consumeroriented campaign, devised to spread the message of consumption as the individual’s service to White Australia in the mid1920s. At the time, this label was a commonly known designation for a policy that claimed the country for the “white race.” Along the same line, when the “fair” advancement of the country was demanded in this context, the addressees were fully aware of t...
During the first one hundred and fifty years of European settlement in Australia, whiteness as a social construction underlay continuous definition and redefinition with regard to its boundaries of belonging. Initially, the convicts... more
During the first one hundred and fifty years of European settlement in Australia, whiteness as a social construction underlay continuous definition and redefinition with regard to its boundaries of belonging. Initially, the convicts usually dwelled at the social fringes of the early settler society and only expe- rienced symbolical admittance to ›whiteness‹ in contradistinction to the indige- nous people. Subsequently, members of the labour movement were able to draw on ideological elements of ›whiteness‹ to maintain their ground in the struggle against capital. When, at the turn of the twentieth century, legislation and a broad desire for a ›White Australia‹ helped the Queensland sugar industry to become the model for a physically, socially and demographically ›white‹ industry, labour was enabled to fight successfully for tangible ›wages of whiteness‹. Though the consumption of Australian sugar then became the outward profession of faith to white supremacy, during the following dec...
Research Interests: Sociology, Race and Racism, Race and Ethnicity, Australian history (Australia), Australian politics (Australia), and 9 moreFood History, Whiteness Studies, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Critical Whiteness Studies, Sugar cane, Critical Whiteness, Political economy of sugar production, Food Culture, and Yellow Peril
The conceptual history of ‘racism’ is hitherto underdeveloped. One of its assertions is that the term ‘racism’ originated from a German-centric critique of völkisch and fascist ide- ology. A closer look at the early international usage... more
The conceptual history of ‘racism’ is hitherto underdeveloped. One of its assertions is that the term ‘racism’ originated from a German-centric critique of völkisch and fascist ide- ology. A closer look at the early international usage of the categories ‘racialism’ and ‘racism’ shows that the circumstances were much more complex. Australia lends itself for validation of this complexity. It once shared a colonial border with Germany, had a substantial number of German immigrants, and, during both world wars, was amongst the opponents of Germany. Even so, the reference to Germany is only one of many elements of the early concept of ‘racism’.
Research Interests: Cultural History, Australian Studies, Race and Racism, History of Science, Critical Race Theory, and 10 moreRace and Ethnicity, Australia, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Racism, Social History, Australian Politics, Australian History, Racialization, History of Race and Ethnicity, and Racismo y discriminación
In the context of her bicentenary in 2021, Amalie Dietrich will again be celebrated as a feminist paragon or condemned as a racist culprit. Her stay in Australia will be central to these contrasting approaches to her biography. There, she... more
In the context of her bicentenary in 2021, Amalie Dietrich will again be celebrated as a feminist paragon or condemned as a racist culprit. Her stay in Australia will be central to these contrasting approaches to her biography. There, she gathered a remarkable amount of native plants, animals, ethnological everyday objects – and human remains. In this context, she was subjected to suspicions of incitement in murder early on and to allegedly critical investigations concerning her role in the anthropological desecration of corpses in recent times. In this paper, we contribute some arguments to the clarification of this controversial subject. It focuses on the treatment of image of Amalie Dietrich in the German discourse from the Kaiserreich via the Weimar Republic, the fascist ‘Reich’, the Federal Republic as well as the Democratic Republic to reunited Germany. As a result, we argue that a critical biography of Amalie Dietrich must integrate the appreciation of her contribution to botany and zoology with a critique of her role in the racist history of anthropological grave robbery and desecration of human remains.
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This study examines the character of racism as a social relation. As such, racism is continuously produced and modified, not only culturally and ideologically but also in social interaction. Understanding racism and its repercussions... more
This study examines the character of racism as a social relation. As such, racism is continuously produced and modified, not only culturally and ideologically but also in social interaction. Understanding racism and its repercussions demands close investigation of all the processes involved. An instructive example is an incident that unfolded in the early 1910s in Broome, Western Australia. The exemption from immigration restriction of a Japanese doctor raised tempers at a time when the nationwide aspiration for a racially homogeneous society determined political and social attitudes, and 'whiteness' was a crucial element of Australianness. The possibility of admitting a Japanese professional to a town that was already suspected of race chaos fuelled debates about the question of 'coloured labour' and the 'yellow peril', while challenging the unambiguousness of class and race boundaries. The influence and wealth of some Japanese, the indispensable position of their compatriots in the pearling industry, and the skills and reputation of their doctor, supplemented with the distinct racial pride of the whole Japanese community, proved to massively impede and disrupt the unrestricted implementation of white supremacy.
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This article investigates the history of the Queensland cane sugar industry and its cultural and political relations. It explores the way the sugar industry was transformed from an enterprise drawing on the traditional plantation crop... more
This article investigates the history of the Queensland cane sugar industry and its cultural and political relations. It explores the way the sugar industry was transformed from an enterprise drawing on the traditional plantation crop cultivated by an unfree labour force and employing workers into an industry that was an important, symbolical element of ‘White Australia’ that was firmly grounded in the cultural, political, nationalist, and racist reasoning of the day. The demographic and social changes drew their incitement and legitimation from the ‘White Australia’ culture that was represented in all social strata. Australia was geographically remote but culturally close to the mother country and was assigned a special position as a lone outpost of Western culture. This was aggravated by scenarios of allegedly imminent invasions by the surrounding Asian powers, which further urged cane sugar’s transformation from a ‘black’ to a ‘white man’s industry’. As a result, during the sugar strikes of the early 20th century, the white Australian sugar workers were able to emphasize their ‘whiteness’ to press for improvements in wages and working conditions. Despite being a matter of constant discussion, the public acceptance of the ‘white sugar campaign’ was reflected by the high consumption of sugar. Moreover, the industry was lauded for its global uniqueness and its significance to the Australian nation. Eventually, the ‘burden’ of ‘white sugar’ was a monetary, but even more so moral support of an industry that was supposed to provide a solution to population politics, support the national defence, and symbolize the technological advancement and durability of the ‘white race’ in a time of crisis.
Keywords: Australia; sugar cane; consumerism; racism; commodity racism; political consumption; nation building; white sugar
Keywords: Australia; sugar cane; consumerism; racism; commodity racism; political consumption; nation building; white sugar
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With the Federation of Australia, aspiration for racial homogeneity was fi rmly established as being fundamental to national identity. Therefore, increasing criticism was directed against Asian employment in the pearl-shelling industry of... more
With the Federation of Australia, aspiration for racial homogeneity was fi rmly established as being fundamental to national identity. Therefore, increasing criticism was directed against Asian employment in the pearl-shelling industry of Broome. It was not
least against the backdrop of population politics, that several eff orts were implemented to
disestablish the purportedly ‘multiracial enclave’ in ‘White Australia.’ These culminated
in “the white experiment,” i.e. the introduction of a dozen British men to evince European
fi tness as pearl divers and initiate the replacement of Asian pearling crews. Embedded in
these endeavours were refl ections of broader discourses on ‘white supremacy’ and racist
discrimination.
least against the backdrop of population politics, that several eff orts were implemented to
disestablish the purportedly ‘multiracial enclave’ in ‘White Australia.’ These culminated
in “the white experiment,” i.e. the introduction of a dozen British men to evince European
fi tness as pearl divers and initiate the replacement of Asian pearling crews. Embedded in
these endeavours were refl ections of broader discourses on ‘white supremacy’ and racist
discrimination.
Research Interests: Australian Studies, Maritime History, Race and Racism, Race and Ethnicity, Australia, and 9 moreTransnational History, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Whiteness Studies, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian History, Critical Whiteness Studies, Twentieth-Century Australian History, Maritime and Nautical Archaeology, and Broome
This essay is a revised and expanded version of the talk given as laureate at the award ceremony for the Dissertation Prize 2016 by the Association for Australian Studies.
Research Interests: Anthropology, Race and Racism, Australia, Consumption Studies, Whiteness Studies, and 9 moreHistory Of Food Consumption, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Australian Politics, Australian History, Critical Whiteness Studies, Whiteness, Institutionalised racism in Australia, Racism Analysis, and Commodity Racism
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Australians were possessed by two obsessions – the fear of the ›yellow peril‹ and the desire for a white society. The fear of the ›yellow peril‹ found expression in science and politics as... more
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Australians were possessed by two obsessions – the fear of the ›yellow peril‹ and the desire for a white society. The fear of the ›yellow peril‹ found expression in science and politics as well as in innumerable invasion novels which depicted the swamping of the European outpost in the Pacific by Asiatic hordes. The programme of a white society was reasoned scientifically and found political supporters not least in the labour movement. Moreover, it found expression in a medium which was even more popular than pulp fiction: consumer racism which propagated the consumption of ›white sugar‹. ›White sugar‹ was a very special commodity: refined white and produced white, it comprised white labourers, dearer sweetness, protection from the world market, and gaining of intra-continental acceptance through subsidies. Certainly there were countless points of contact between colour discrimination and thinking in terms of whiteness. In the context of the European diggers’ rebellions on the goldfields, the workers’ strikes against the replacement of white with Chinese labour and clashes with Aborigines on the colonial frontier, the whites’ anger was given vent to. But these were largely isolated incidents involving concrete problems and select societal groups. Invasion novels and sugar consumption, on the other hand, aimed at the whole society. The problem to turn the empty north, considered ›terra nullius‹, into a breeding ground for whiteness and, thus, into a bulwark against the ›yellow peril‹ was considered problematic, however. This was due to the utilization interest of the agrarian capital as well as the phantasies of degeneration of race sciences. While the latter were not sure whether whites would altogether proof to be able to successfully settle in the tropics, the former were mainly interested in the exploitation of cheap labour. This paper will look into the ways in which the campaigns to consume white-produced Australian sugar and the genre of invasion novels accomplished to subsume lobbies of adverse interests in the joint pursuit of white Australia.
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Australians were possessed by two obsessions – the fear of the ›yellow peril‹ and the desire for a white society. The fear of the ›yellow peril‹ found expression in science and politics as... more
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Australians were possessed by two obsessions – the fear of the ›yellow peril‹ and the desire for a white society. The fear of the ›yellow peril‹ found expression in science and politics as well as in innumerable invasion novels which depicted the swamping of the European outpost in the Pacific by Asiatic hordes. The programme of a white society was reasoned scientifically and found political supporters not least in the labour movement. Moreover, it found expression in a medium which was even more popular than pulp fiction: consumer racism which propagated the consumption of ›white sugar‹. ›White sugar‹ was a very special commodity: refined white and produced white, it comprised white labourers, dearer sweetness, protection from the world market, and gaining of intra-continental acceptance through subsidies. Certainly there were countless points of contact between colour discrimination and thinking in terms of whiteness. In the context of the European diggers’ rebellions on the goldfields, the workers’ strikes against the replacement of white with Chinese labour and clashes with Aborigines on the colonial frontier, the whites’ anger was given vent to. But these were largely isolated incidents involving concrete problems and select societal groups. Invasion novels and sugar consumption, on the other hand, aimed at the whole society. The problem to turn the empty north, considered ›terra nullius‹, into a breeding ground for whiteness and, thus, into a bulwark against the ›yellow peril‹ was considered problematic, however. This was due to the utilization interest of the agrarian capital as well as the phantasies of degeneration of race sciences. While the latter were not sure whether whites would altogether proof to be able to successfully settle in the tropics, the former were mainly interested in the exploitation of cheap labour. This paper will look into the ways in which the campaigns to consume white-produced Australian sugar and the genre of invasion novels accomplished to subsume lobbies of adverse interests in the joint pursuit of white Australia.
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Described as a »mixing of nationalities and hybrids« that would »puzzle the cleverest ethnologist«, Broome’s population in 1900 was a hotchpotch of immigrants from Asia. During the heyday of pearl-shelling, Europeans were outnumbered five... more
Described as a »mixing of nationalities and hybrids« that would »puzzle the cleverest ethnologist«, Broome’s population in 1900 was a hotchpotch of immigrants from Asia. During the heyday of pearl-shelling, Europeans were outnumbered five to one by the indentured workers from Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, the South Sea Islands, Timor, and
Macassar, but, of course, also stemmed from local Indigenous Australian groups.
This circumstance was diametrically opposed to the national self-concept of ›White
Australia‹. Arguably, the northern multicultural pearling bases contributed to the emergence of »two Australias in 1901« (Reynolds). At a time when the Commonwealth entered
the world stage as a federation of colonies, united not least by ›whiteness‹ as the constitutive element of ›Australianness‹, the apprehension of a virtual bifurcation into a ›white
south‹ and a ›multiracial north‹ created an area of tension in which strict regulations on
immigration conflicted with economic deliberations. Fears of foreign invasion blended
with global warnings against the ›yellow peril‹ and labourist antagonism towards the employment of ›coloured workers‹. The white entrepreneurs, in turn, presaged the demise
of their industry, and the subsequent downfall of Broome, should Asian indenture be
disallowed.
Amidst this tense scenario, a Japanese medical doctor arrived in Broome, commissioned by the local Japanese Club to provide his services to his compatriots. The presence
of this »newcomer Galen«, a journalist reported, caused quite a »howl in political circles«,
which discussed it under economic and moral perspectives. Today, this case sheds light on
both the discursive and practical implementation of racist discrimination in Australia and
racism as a social relation. Far from being passive subordinates, the successful assertiveness
of Japanese immigrants gives account of the effective agency on the side of those whose
lives were otherwise framed by an overtly racist attitude.
Macassar, but, of course, also stemmed from local Indigenous Australian groups.
This circumstance was diametrically opposed to the national self-concept of ›White
Australia‹. Arguably, the northern multicultural pearling bases contributed to the emergence of »two Australias in 1901« (Reynolds). At a time when the Commonwealth entered
the world stage as a federation of colonies, united not least by ›whiteness‹ as the constitutive element of ›Australianness‹, the apprehension of a virtual bifurcation into a ›white
south‹ and a ›multiracial north‹ created an area of tension in which strict regulations on
immigration conflicted with economic deliberations. Fears of foreign invasion blended
with global warnings against the ›yellow peril‹ and labourist antagonism towards the employment of ›coloured workers‹. The white entrepreneurs, in turn, presaged the demise
of their industry, and the subsequent downfall of Broome, should Asian indenture be
disallowed.
Amidst this tense scenario, a Japanese medical doctor arrived in Broome, commissioned by the local Japanese Club to provide his services to his compatriots. The presence
of this »newcomer Galen«, a journalist reported, caused quite a »howl in political circles«,
which discussed it under economic and moral perspectives. Today, this case sheds light on
both the discursive and practical implementation of racist discrimination in Australia and
racism as a social relation. Far from being passive subordinates, the successful assertiveness
of Japanese immigrants gives account of the effective agency on the side of those whose
lives were otherwise framed by an overtly racist attitude.
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The Western Image of Indigenous Australians
... from the early settlement until today
... from the early settlement until today
Research Interests: Indigenous Studies, Indigenous or Aboriginal Studies, Race and Racism, Critical Race Theory, Race and Ethnicity, and 9 moreStereotypes and Prejudice, Colonialism, Australia, Racism, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Australian History, Indigenous Peoples, Australian Aboriginal History, and Australian Aborigines
In 1901, Ngarrindjeri man Pollapalingada, whom the settlers of Adelaide called Tommy Walker, died. The well-known Aborigine had been interred in an official ceremony at the city cemetery; in actual fact his grave remained (almost) empty... more
In 1901, Ngarrindjeri man Pollapalingada, whom the settlers of Adelaide called Tommy Walker, died. The well-known Aborigine had been interred in an official ceremony at the city cemetery; in actual fact his grave remained (almost) empty and became a testament to the contemporary scientific desecration of graves.
Walker's bones had been taken by the local inspector of anatomy, hospital doctor and coroner, William Ramsay Smith, and sent to William Turner, a renowned professor of anatomy in Edinburgh. Despite a lengthy trial in which the illicitness of this course of action was acknowledged and during whose progress demands for the repatriation of Tommy Walker's remains were proclaimed by the public, it took almost another century until he could finally be laid to rest in his ancestors' soil.
Walker's bones had been taken by the local inspector of anatomy, hospital doctor and coroner, William Ramsay Smith, and sent to William Turner, a renowned professor of anatomy in Edinburgh. Despite a lengthy trial in which the illicitness of this course of action was acknowledged and during whose progress demands for the repatriation of Tommy Walker's remains were proclaimed by the public, it took almost another century until he could finally be laid to rest in his ancestors' soil.
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Australians were possessed by two obsessions – the fear of the ›yellow peril‹ and the desire for a white society. The fear of the ›yellow peril‹ found expression in science and politics as... more
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Australians were possessed by two obsessions – the fear of the ›yellow peril‹ and the desire for a white society.
The fear of the ›yellow peril‹ found expression in science and politics as well as in innumerable invasion novels which depicted the swamping of the European outpost in the Pacific by Asiatic hordes. The programme of a white society was reasoned scientifically and found political supporters not least in the labour movement.
Moreover, it found expression in a medium which was even more popular than pulp fiction: consumer racism which propagated the consumption of ›white sugar‹. ›White sugar‹ was a very special commodity: refined white and produced white, it comprised white labourers, dearer sweetness, protection from the world market, and gaining of intra-continental acceptance through subsidies.
Certainly there were countless points of contact between colour discrimination and thinking in terms of whiteness. In the context of the European diggers’ rebellions on the goldfields, the workers’ strikes against the replacement of white with Chinese labour and clashes with Aborigines on the colonial frontier, the whites’ anger was given vent to.
But these were largely isolated incidents involving concrete problems and select societal groups. Invasion novels and sugar consumption, on the other hand, aimed at the whole society. The problem to turn the empty north, considered ›terra nullius‹, into a breeding ground for whiteness and, thus, into a bulwark against the ›yellow peril‹ was considered problematic, however. This was due to the utilization interest of the agrarian capital as well as the phantasies of degeneration of race sciences. While the latter were not sure whether whites would altogether proof to be able to successfully settle in the tropics, the former were mainly interested in the exploitation of cheap labour.
This paper will look into the ways in which the campaigns to consume white-produced Australian sugar and the genre of invasion novels accomplished to subsume lobbies of adverse interests in the joint pursuit of white Australia.
The fear of the ›yellow peril‹ found expression in science and politics as well as in innumerable invasion novels which depicted the swamping of the European outpost in the Pacific by Asiatic hordes. The programme of a white society was reasoned scientifically and found political supporters not least in the labour movement.
Moreover, it found expression in a medium which was even more popular than pulp fiction: consumer racism which propagated the consumption of ›white sugar‹. ›White sugar‹ was a very special commodity: refined white and produced white, it comprised white labourers, dearer sweetness, protection from the world market, and gaining of intra-continental acceptance through subsidies.
Certainly there were countless points of contact between colour discrimination and thinking in terms of whiteness. In the context of the European diggers’ rebellions on the goldfields, the workers’ strikes against the replacement of white with Chinese labour and clashes with Aborigines on the colonial frontier, the whites’ anger was given vent to.
But these were largely isolated incidents involving concrete problems and select societal groups. Invasion novels and sugar consumption, on the other hand, aimed at the whole society. The problem to turn the empty north, considered ›terra nullius‹, into a breeding ground for whiteness and, thus, into a bulwark against the ›yellow peril‹ was considered problematic, however. This was due to the utilization interest of the agrarian capital as well as the phantasies of degeneration of race sciences. While the latter were not sure whether whites would altogether proof to be able to successfully settle in the tropics, the former were mainly interested in the exploitation of cheap labour.
This paper will look into the ways in which the campaigns to consume white-produced Australian sugar and the genre of invasion novels accomplished to subsume lobbies of adverse interests in the joint pursuit of white Australia.
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Francisco Bethencourt, Racisms. From the Crusades to the Twentieth Century, Princeton University Press, Princeton/Oxford 2013, 444 S., geb., 39,50 $.
Research Interests: History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Critical Race Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and 14 moreRace and Racism, History of Science, Critical Race Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Racism, Race and Religion, Philosophy Of Race, Social History, Islamic History, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Gender and Race, History of Race and Ethnicity, Race, and Racismo y discriminación
Alison Ravenscroft, The Postcolonial Eye. White Australian Desire and the Visual Field of Race, Ashgate, Burlington 2012, 183 S., geb., 63,00 £.
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Mei-Fen Kuo, Making Chinese Australia. Urban Elites, Newspapers and the Formation of
Chinese Australian Identity, 1892–1912, Monash University Publishing, Clayton 2013, XII +
308 S., kart., 39,95 AUD.
Chinese Australian Identity, 1892–1912, Monash University Publishing, Clayton 2013, XII +
308 S., kart., 39,95 AUD.
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The book focuses on the history of Elias' most famous and important work "Process of Civilization" in close relation to the historical and biographical context. It starts with Elias' childhood and intellectual background and paints a... more
The book focuses on the history of Elias' most famous and important work "Process of Civilization" in close relation to the historical and biographical context. It starts with Elias' childhood and intellectual background and paints a detailed picture of the development of German sociology in early 20th century up to the World War 2.
– Edited by Stefanie Ernst
– Edited by Stefanie Ernst
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Racism has a really long history but, until today, we don't even have a history of ›racism‹, i.e. a solid study of the development of its conceptual history. I hereby start a compilation of references referring to the early usage of the... more
Racism has a really long history but, until today, we don't even have a history of ›racism‹, i.e. a solid study of the development of its conceptual history. I hereby start a compilation of references referring to the early usage of the word ›racism‹ and ›racist‹ (›racisme‹ and ›raciste‹, ›Rassismus‹ and ›rassistisch‹, ›razzismo‹ and ›razzista‹, ›racismo‹ and ›racista‹, ›ρατσισμός‹ and ›ρατσιστής‹ etc.).
Everybody who can contribute to this collection is very welcome. Please send me your pieces of evidence in the form documented below. I will add them to this repository (with the name of the respective correspondent), which, bit by bit, will perhaps morph into a sort of thesaurus.
Everybody who can contribute to this collection is very welcome. Please send me your pieces of evidence in the form documented below. I will add them to this repository (with the name of the respective correspondent), which, bit by bit, will perhaps morph into a sort of thesaurus.
Research Interests: Cultural History, Cultural Studies, History of Ideas, French History, German History, and 15 moreCritical Race Studies, Race and Racism, Critical Race Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Racism, Antisemitism/Racisms, History of Race and Ethnicity, South African history, Antisemitism, History of Fascism, Italian History, Razzismo, History of Antisemitism, history of the USA, and History of National Socialism(Critical Race Studies, Race and Racism, Critical Race Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Racism, Antisemitism/Racisms, History of Race and Ethnicity, South African history, Antisemitism, History of Fascism, Italian History, Razzismo, History of Antisemitism, history of the USA, and History of National Socialism)
(Critical Race Studies, Race and Racism, Critical Race Theory, Race and Ethnicity, Racism, Antisemitism/Racisms, History of Race and Ethnicity, South African history, Antisemitism, History of Fascism, Italian History, Razzismo, History of Antisemitism, history of the USA, and History of National Socialism)
Amalie Dietrichs Tätigkeit in Australien wird bis heute unkritisch gewürdigt. Es ist Zeit, sie insgesamt im Kontext kolonialer und imperialer Politik zu betrachten. Das gilt nicht nur für die von ihr verantwortete Schändung sterblicher... more
Amalie Dietrichs Tätigkeit in Australien wird bis heute unkritisch gewürdigt. Es ist Zeit, sie insgesamt im Kontext kolonialer und imperialer Politik zu betrachten. Das gilt nicht nur für die von ihr verantwortete Schändung sterblicher Überreste indigener Australier, sondern auch für ihr Wirken als Sammlerin von kulturellen Gegenständen, Tieren und Pflanzen.