Whiteness in Society

Colonialism Background

Whiteness in literature?

Whiteness in today’s society?

What did colonists want?

“We can offer salvation?” says the colonist.

White perceptions of the natives…

Colonialism recap

• What is it?• Who were the colonizers?• What role does colonization play in history

and literature?• In what ways can we see this in the literature

and world of today?• Post-colonial theory!