Hale, Grace Elizabeth 1964(?)-

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Hale, Grace Elizabeth 1964(?)-

PERSONAL:

Born c. 1964. Education: University of Georgia, B.A., 1986, M.A., 1991; Rutgers University, Ph.D., 1995.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Charlottesville, VA. Office—Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400180, Randall Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, associate professor of history, 1997—.

AWARDS, HONORS:

University of Georgia, President's Award and the First Honor Graduate, 1986.

WRITINGS:

Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940, Pantheon Books (New York, NY), 1998.

Contributor of articles and essays to publications, including Southern Exposure, Southern Cultures, Labor History, Georgia Historical Quarterly, and Atlanta History.

SIDELIGHTS:

Grace Elizabeth Hale is an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia. Her research interests include twentieth century cultural history and the American South, with a particular focus on race and the cultural forces that stressed whiteness in the aftermath of the Civil War. In Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940, Hale examines the history of race both in the South and across the United States. In a review for the Civil Rights Journal, David Roediger remarked: "One key to the impressive success of Making Whiteness lies in its dramatic flair—its scenic accounts of travel and terror, its startling juxtapositions of Southern country stores and lynchings, its keen eye for detail and its sweeping interest in change over time." He concluded: "Hale's work subtly explores both sides of the Jim Crow color line in order to tell where whiteness came from and headed." James Grossman, writing for the Journal of American History, stated that "Hale's main contribution lies in her mobilization of an eclectic array of sources and the theoretical, methodological, and textual richness of cultural studies. That approach might irritate some readers with its constant references to spaces and subjectivities, but it provides Hale with the tools to devise an expansive matrix encompassing (but not limited to) consumer culture, politics, literature, regionalism, and ideology."