on 1/16/05 10:48 AM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx at Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote: > From the NYT, Jan 10, 2005: > > "In mainstream American society and culture, whiteness remains an > ever-present state of mind and body, a powerful norm so pervasive that it is > rarely > acknowledged or even named." > > > > In the 1990's, this awareness gave rise to an academic field called whiteness > studies. The subject extends from history to culture, but the visual arts in > particular". > Cheers, > JL Brill. David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html