Teaching race with a gendered edge : teaching with gender, European women's studies in international and interdisciplinary classrooms

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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Teaching "Race" with a Gendered Edge - Introduction Racism and gender - historical background Colonial legacies and migration Problematising "white" Western feminism and whiteness Spaces of / for change The chapters in the book PART I: THEMATIC EXPLORATIONS Chapter 1: Breaking the Canon? Critical Reflections on "Other" Literary Traditions Introduction Towards an alternative canon: Multiculturalism and diversity The canon and the cultural industry Race, gender and diversity in the canon: Toni Morrison Beloved Conclusion: Beyond the colour-line of the canon? Implications for teaching Questions Assignments Chapter 2: Monumental Dresses: Coming to Terms with Racial Repression Sexual difference and transitional justice The woman who kept silent The poetics of scrap Implications for teaching: Working with exemplary case studies Questions Assignments Chapter 3: Embodying Otherness while Teaching Race and Gender at White European Universities Introduction Becoming educated in (post)colonial European society Teaching about emotionally charged topics Implications for teaching Questions Assignments PART II: EXPRESSIONS OF RACISM AND GENDER IN NATIONAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS Chapter 4: Disappearing Act: The Forgotten History of Colonialism, Eugenics and Gendered Othering in Denmark The colonial relationship that never was Identifying the difference-gene Exhibiting exclusion "Religion is not a race" Implications for teaching Questions Assignments Chapter 5: Portugal and the Empire: Discourses and Practices on Race and Gender Grasping Portuguese colonial "exception" Racial-gendered relations in imperial history The making of the "gentler colonialists" Post-colonial reverberations Implications for teaching Questions Assignments Chapter 6: The French Ban on Headscarves: Rendering Racism Respectable Introduction Situating the 2004 Act Civilising the "uncivilised" Gendering the colonial other Feminist critique of the ban: "Une Ecole pour Tous et pour Toutes" Concluding remarks Implications for teaching Questions and assignments Chapter 7: Racial/Ethnic Otherness in Polish Public Discourse Conceptualising the racial other in Polish culture The ethnic and religious composition of Polish society: An historical perspective Legal framework Cultural racism Towards the future Implications for teaching Questions Assignments Chapter 8: "Not a Country for Women, nor for Blacks": Teaching Race and Gender in Italy between Colonial Heritages and New Perspectives Marketing the "other" "Second generations" and the role of education New perspectives: Teaching race and gender today Implications for teaching Questions Assignments List of Contributors