Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343759

Funded Activity Summary

Whitewashing: Miscegenation, Assimilation and Genocide in the United States and Australia, 1860s-1960s. This project will investigate historical moments when miscegenation was seen as a means of removing indigenous identity in Australia and the United States. This research will answer recent calls for transnational histories which explore the intimate side of colonisation. My hypothesis is that the presence of a large population of African American people in the United States made white Americans comparatively more apprehensive about miscegenation than white Australians. My findings will contribute to ongoing debates about genocidal practice in settler societies by questioning prevailing assumptions about the benign nature of the process of indigenous assimilation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $224,454.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History: Australian | History: North American | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Historical Studies | History: Australian | History: North American | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies | Understanding Australia'S Past | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

Related Links