The White Possessive

The White Possessive explores the links between race, sovereignty, and possession throughthemes of property: owning property, being property, and becoming propertyless.Focusing on the Australian Aboriginal context, Aileen MoretonRobinson questionscurrent race theory in the first world and its preoccupation with foregroundingslavery and migration. The nation, she argues, is socially and culturallyconstructed as a white possession.