Introducing Colourwashing - Towards a Definition
Conference paper
Dunstan, J. 2023. Introducing Colourwashing - Towards a Definition. UEL Pioneering PGR Conference 2023. London, UK 25 - 25 Nov 2023
Authors | Dunstan, J. |
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Type | Conference paper |
Abstract | The Contemporary Cultural Industries (CCI) are instrumental proponents in an exponential rise in the representations of minority groups over the recent past. In many respects and vantage points, from publishing, to television, online, print and radio, this apparent paradigm shift can be characterised as an ascendancy in diversity discourse. This conference paper seeks to demonstrate the ambivalence of this cultural shift in representations and introduces into the academy the analytical concept of colourwashing. The research paper is derived from a section of a much larger body of scholarly work. Itself seeking to locate the current politics of representations in formative terms of power and agency. We engage with the current cultural/media landscape and assume that society is making virtuous headway in the march towards equality, for all. However, based upon a working hypothesis, this paper seeks to interrogate and problematise the current CCI paradigm – to expose how plurality in this configuration acts as a form of racialised governance. |
Year | 2023 |
Conference | UEL Pioneering PGR Conference 2023 |
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Completed | 25 Nov 2023 |
Deposited | 27 Sep 2024 |
Copyright holder | © 2023 The Author |
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