The Spatial Dimensions of White Supremacy

Reinventing the Lowcountry Plantation in the Gullah/Geechee Nation

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ID3037037
AuthorsMelissa D Hargrove (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume28
Issue2
Pages139-155
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransforming Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/traa.12184
OpenAlexW3093456879
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited36

Each year, millions flock to the US Lowcountry South in search of the illusory appeal of a bygone era; one that never existed outside the white imagination. The contemporary grand narrative of long defunct plantations, standing as beacons of a once-held hope that the South would rise again, offers a cultural commentary on the state of racial politics in the United States—connecting the social and discursive practices of white supremacy to contemporary daily operations across an entire geographic region, in ways that illustrate the structural dialectic between capitalism and race-making

Appeal · Art · Capitalism · Dialectic · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Sociology · State (computer science · White (mutation · White supremacy · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Race, History, and American Society

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