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Whiteness and the Visual Appropriation of Race in 1980s Britain book cover

1st Edition

Whiteness and the Visual Appropriation of Race in 1980s Britain

By Stephanie Polsky Copyright 2026
202 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This volume delves into the complex topic of race relations in 1980s Britain by examining the concept of ‘whiteness’ and how it was portrayed visually in popular art and mass media. Chapters explore pivotal moments in which the appropriation of race occurred during this critical decade as they relate to the nation’s evolving postcolonial identity. This book analyses pivotal cultural moments in... Read more

List of Figures 

Preface: The Jouney from Visual Appropriation towards Racialised Whiteness in 1980s Britain

  1. Introduction: The Way We Weren't: Whiteness and the Representational Extension of Colonial Legacies 

  1. Withstand and Deliver: Colonial Nostalgia in the Manufacture of New Romantics  

  1. Born in London: The Face Magazine and the Birth of Racial Consciousness in British Youth Culture  

  1. We Are the World: Britannia Rules Live Aid 

  1. Of Thin White Dukes and Little China Girls: The Orientalism of the British New Wave 

  1. White Mischief: Colonial Melancholia in Art 

  1.  Conclusion: The Way Forward Is Often the Way Back (Brexit Edition) 

Biography

Stephanie Polsky is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute.

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