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At once racially privileged and sexually marginalized, white women have been energetic in calling for solidarity among all women in opposing patriarchy, but have not been equally motivated to examine their own racial privilege. White Women in Racialized Spaces turns primarily to literature to illuminate the undeniable blind spots in white women's comprehension of their advantage. The contributors cover extensive historical ground, from early captivity narratives of white women in seventeenth-century America up to the present-day trials of Louise Woodward and Manjit Basuta. both British nannies accused of causing the deaths of their infant charges in the United States.Najmi, Samina is the author of 'White Women in Racialized Spaces Imaginative Transformation and Ethical Action in Literature', published 2002 under ISBN 9780791454787 and ISBN 0791454789.
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