Beyond the Pale

How have ideas about white women figured in the history of racism? Vron Ware argues that they have been central and that feminism has largely developed as a political movement within racist societies. Dissecting the different meanings of femininity and womanhood <i>Beyond</i><i> </i><i>the</i><i> </i><i>Pale</i><i> </i>examines the political connections between black and white women both in contemporary society and in history including the anti-slavery movement. A major contribution to anti-racist work <i>Beyond</i><i> </i><i>the</i><i> </i><i>Pale</i><i> </i>confronts the historical meanings of whiteness as a way of overcoming the moralism that so often infuses anti-racist movements.