Abstract: This paper argues that the historical and discursive link between ordinariness and patriarchal whiteness has been finely explored by Patrick White in the novel Voss (1957) which stands as a critique of the hegemonic effects of white affect in its engagement with the experiential diversity of the everyday.
Keywords: Voss; affect; patriarchal Whiteness; ordinariness; universality
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