What is Whiteness in North Africa?

This entry sketches a matrix for conceptualizing race in/ and North Africa that takes Arabness, indigeneity, Islam, the Sahara, and slavery as orienting keywords. It suggests an approach to a geopolitically-grounded whiteness as social currency and aspiration that is both based in specific regional...

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Main Author: Leila Tayeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cultural Studies Association 2021-03-01
Series:Lateral
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Online Access:https://csalateral.org/forum/cultural-constructions-race-racism-middle-east-north-africa-southwest-asia-mena-swana/whiteness-in-north-africa-tayeb/