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What a White Shame
HUNTER, SHONA
HUNTER, SHONA
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Political ethics
Ethics of political systems
Ethics of law
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Development ethics
Economic ethics
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Secularisation and ethics
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Community ethics
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Sexual orientation/gender
Ethics of political systems
Ethics of law
Rights based legal ethics
Development ethics
Economic ethics
Business ethics
Ethics of economic systems
Labour/professional ethics
Technology ethics
Consumer ethics
Cultural ethics
Cultural/intercultural ethics
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General and historical
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This paper considers the relationship between white shame in contemporary UK health care contexts and historically idealized forms of white pride derived from nineteenth-century British colonialism. It uses excerpts from qualitative interview material to highlight the contemporary figures of the “white worried man” and the “white women savior” and the relationship between them. Through this, it explores how shifts from white pride to white shame reflect shifts in the focus of whiteness away from civilizing the racialized Other to civilizing the white self. Through this analysis, it further complicates shame theory arguing for an understanding of [white] shame as constituted through a relational economy, differentiated through class and gender as well as race.
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2010
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