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White Picket Fences, White Innocence
Author(s) -
Hutchinson Sikivu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of religious ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1467-9795
pISSN - 0384-9694
DOI - 10.1111/jore.12075
Subject(s) - innocence , white (mutation) , institutionalisation , morality , betrayal , gender studies , narrative , femininity , picketing , sociology , daughter , art , psychoanalysis , psychology , social psychology , political science , law , literature , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Focusing on the cultural implications of the relationship between white segregationist S enator S trom T hurmond and his biracial daughter E ssie M ae W ashington‐ W illiams, this essay explores national narratives of whiteness, femininity, morality, and the institutionalization of sexual violence against black women.