Cities of Whiteness Shaw Hardback Wiley–Blackwell 9781405129138

Cities of WhitenessAuthor(s): Wendy S. Shaw\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405129138, 978-1405129138\nSynopsis\nThis groundbreaking book brings the study of whiteness and postcolonial perspectives to bear on debates about urban change.\n\nA thought-provoking contribution to debates about urban change, race and cosmopolitan urbanism\nBrings the study of whiteness to the discipline of geography, questioning the notion of white ethnicity\nEngages with Indigenous peoples' experiences of whiteness past and present, and with theoretical postcolonial perspectives\nUses Sydney as an example of a 'city of whiteness', considering trends such as Sydney's 'SoHo Syndrome' and the 'Harlemisation' of the Aboriginal community