Overview

Anthropologist and social critic Ghassan Hage explores one of the most complex and troubling of modern phenomena: the desire for a white nation. In this prickly, strongly argued book, he asks whether that desire is indeed limited to 'racists'. Drawing upon the Australian experience, Hage draws conclusions that might also be applicable in France, the United States and Great Britain, each being examples of multicultural environment under the control of white culture. Hage argues that governments have promised white citizens that they would lose nothing under multiculturalism. However, migrant settlement has changed neighbourhoods, challenged white control, created new demands for non-whites, and led to white backlash. This provocative book suggests that white racists and white mulitculturalists may share more assumptions than either group suspects.

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Author:   Ghassan Hage
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780415929233

ISBN 10:   0415929237
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   22 September 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Evil White Nationalists 1: The Function of the Hand in the Execution of Nationalist Practices; Chapter 2 Evil White Nationalists 2: The ‘White Nation’ Fantasy; Chapter 3 Good White Nationalists: The Tolerant Society as a White Fantasy; Chapter 4 White Multiculturalism: A Manual for the Proper Usage of Ethnics; Chapter 5 White National Zoology: The Pro-Asian Republic Fantasy; Chapter 6 Ecological Nationalism: Green Parks/White Nation; Chapter 7 The Discourse of Anglo Decline 1: The Spectre of Cosmopolitan Whiteness; Chapter 8 The Discourse of Anglo Decline 2: The Role of ‘Asians’ in the Destruction of the ‘White Race’; Chapter 9 The Containment of the Multicultural Real: From the ‘Immigration Debates’ to White Neo-Fascism;

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Ghassan Hage has lived and studied in Lebanon and Paris. He lectures in anthropology at the University of Sydney.

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