Discourses of Whiteness: White Students at Catholic Women’s Colleges (Dis)engaging Race

To better understand how White college women understand and are influenced by whiteness, we discursively analyzed data from interviews and focus groups with 25 White seniors at two Catholic women's colleges. Findings suggest that participants understood whiteness through discourses of insignifi...

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Published in:The Journal of higher education (Columbus) 2013, Vol.84 (1), p.28-55
Main Authors: Ropers-Huilman, Rebecca, Winters, Kelly T, Enke, Kathryn A. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catholic Schools
Change
Church Related Colleges
College Seniors
Discourse Analysis
Females
Focus Groups
Interviews
Racial Differences
Racial Identification
Responsibility
Single Sex Colleges
Student Experience
United States (Midwest)
White Students
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Summary:To better understand how White college women understand and are influenced by whiteness, we discursively analyzed data from interviews and focus groups with 25 White seniors at two Catholic women's colleges. Findings suggest that participants understood whiteness through discourses of insignificance, nominal difference, responsibility, and transformation and that these understandings affected students' college experiences and envisioned futures. (Contains 1 note.)
ISSN:0022-1546
1538-4640
1538-4640
DOI:10.1353/jhe.2013.0001