But Who Are You Really? single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 But Who Are You Really?
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    y separately published work icon Life Writing vol. 1 no. 1 2004 Z1135794 2004 periodical issue 2004 pg. 97-108
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    y separately published work icon Visibly Different : Face, Place and Race in Australia Maureen Perkins (editor), Berne : Peter Lang , 2007 Z1413926 2007 anthology autobiography This volume contains nine life narratives by Australians who reflect on the experience of being categorised on the basis of their facial appearance. The introduction by the editor provides the theoretical framework to these narratives. It discusses the relevance to notions of belonging and identity of the term 'mixed race', and concludes that we are all mixed race, whether we look white, black or 'ethnic'. Berne : Peter Lang , 2007 pg. 65-84

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The Role of Colour and 'Ethnic' Autobiography : Fanon, Capecia and Difference Maureen Perkins , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Auto/Biography , April vol. 13 no. 1 2005; (p. 1-15)
'This paper argues that in many recent life narratives a new openness about the part played by colour undermines what have historically been the fixed essentialisms of race. In particular, memoirs that acknowledge difference and division amongst people 'of colour' (such as the fierce criticism by Frantz Fanon of Mayotte Capecia's autobiography) highlight the complexities of racialized categories, and problematize the nexus between 'race' and 'ethnicity'. Analysis of the genre of 'ethnic' autobiography has until recently been largely dominated by American scholars, whose understanding of black-white positions has been premised on homogenous racial identities, which have taken for granted that 'ethnicity' implies 'minority' or coloured status, neglecting discussion of white as a colour. As 'inbetween' and alternative colour positions make their voices heard, and those for whom colour/race is in some sense at odds with culture/ethnicity, it is necessary to rethink the role of 'ethnic' autobiography, to reconceptualize the role of colour within it, and perhaps to reject its usefulness as a category altogether.' -- Publication abstract.
The Role of Colour and 'Ethnic' Autobiography : Fanon, Capecia and Difference Maureen Perkins , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Auto/Biography , April vol. 13 no. 1 2005; (p. 1-15)
'This paper argues that in many recent life narratives a new openness about the part played by colour undermines what have historically been the fixed essentialisms of race. In particular, memoirs that acknowledge difference and division amongst people 'of colour' (such as the fierce criticism by Frantz Fanon of Mayotte Capecia's autobiography) highlight the complexities of racialized categories, and problematize the nexus between 'race' and 'ethnicity'. Analysis of the genre of 'ethnic' autobiography has until recently been largely dominated by American scholars, whose understanding of black-white positions has been premised on homogenous racial identities, which have taken for granted that 'ethnicity' implies 'minority' or coloured status, neglecting discussion of white as a colour. As 'inbetween' and alternative colour positions make their voices heard, and those for whom colour/race is in some sense at odds with culture/ethnicity, it is necessary to rethink the role of 'ethnic' autobiography, to reconceptualize the role of colour within it, and perhaps to reject its usefulness as a category altogether.' -- Publication abstract.
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