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Performative Whiteness

Performative Whiteness is a theoretical construct in critical race theory that denotes the discursive and behavioral enactment of racial identity through which white individuals assert, negotiate, or obscure their racial positionality, distinguishing it from latent or structural whiteness by emphasizing conscious, context-dependent expressions of racialized norms, privileges, and affiliations.

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88

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2017–2026

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Publications

72

Language, Race, and White Public Space

Jane H. Hill · American Anthropologist · 1998 · 959 citations · Full text

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An empirical analysis of ‘acting white’

Roland G. Fryer, Paul Torelli · Journal of Public Economics · 2009 · 402 citations

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The subtlety of White racism, arousal, and helping behavior.

Samuel L. Gaertner, John F. Dovidio · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1977 · 309 citations

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Optic White: Blackness and the Production of Whiteness

Harryette Mullen · diacritics · 1994 · 154 citations

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Silence speaks: Whiteness revealed in the absence of voice

Lisa A. Mazzei · Teaching and Teacher Education · 2007 · 127 citations

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Authors

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  1. JT
    John T. Warren

    Bowling Green State University, United States

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  2. SL
    Samuel L. Gaertner

    University of Delaware, United States

    2 publications · 329 citations

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  3. RE
    Rachel E. Dubrofsky

    University of South Florida, United States

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  4. PT
    Paul Torelli

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 432 citations

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  5. JF
    John F. Dovidio

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 329 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    452 citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    981 citations

  3. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  4. Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Carbondale, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    137 citations

  5. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    432 citations

  6. Duquesne University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  8. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

    JLA · 4 publications · 222 citations

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  2. Critical Studies in Media Communication

    CSMC · 3 publications · 165 citations

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  3. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

    3 publications · 60 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 114 citations

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  5. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy

    JSP · 2 publications · 97 citations

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