ERIC Number: EJ1011647
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 28
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Discourses of Whiteness: White Students at Catholic Women's Colleges (Dis)Engaging Race
Ropers-Huilman, Rebecca; Winters, Kelly T.; Enke, Kathryn A. E.
Journal of Higher Education, v84 n1 p28-55 Jan-Feb 2013
To better understand how White college women understand and are influenced by whiteness, we discursively analyzed data from interviews and focus groups with 25 White seniors at two Catholic women's colleges. Findings suggest that participants understood whiteness through discourses of insignificance, nominal difference, responsibility, and transformation and that these understandings affected students' college experiences and envisioned futures. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: White Students, Females, Church Related Colleges, Single Sex Colleges, College Seniors, Catholic Schools, Discourse Analysis, Interviews, Focus Groups, Racial Identification, Student Experience, Racial Differences, Responsibility, Change
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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