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Contradistinctive

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con·tra·dis·tinc·tion  (kntr-d-stngkshn)
n.
Distinction by contrasting or opposing qualities.
contra·dis·tinctive adj.
contra·dis·tinctive·ly adv.


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Here and elsewhere, then, Foster's multifaceted analysis of the dialogue between cinematic and everyday whiteness demonstrates how much, in addition to visually apprehended epidermal difference, race is perceived and embodied as both imitative and contradistinctive performance.
Performing Whiteness: Postmodern Re/Constructions in the Cinema by Engles, Tim / MELUS
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