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Autore |
Shilliam Robbie <1969-> |
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Titolo |
The Black Pacific : anti-colonial struggles and oceanic connections / / Robbie Shilliam |
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4725-1924-8 |
1-4725-3554-5 |
1-4725-1925-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pacific Area Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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FC -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Toc -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Deep Relation -- 2. Black Power and Mana Motuhake -- 3. The Rise and Fall of Political Blackness -- 4. Black Liberation Theology and the Programme to Combat Racism -- 5. Keskidee Aroha: Walking Out of Egypt Land -- 6. Dread Love: Reggae, RasTafari, Redemption -- 7. Ham, Shem and the Māori Prophets -- 8. Rātana, Baxter, RasTafari -- 9. Africa in Oceania -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright Page. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Why have the struggles of the African Diaspora so resonated with South Pacific people? How have Maori, Pasifika and Pakeha activists incorporated the ideologies of the African diaspora into their struggle against colonial rule and racism, and their pursuit of social justice? This book challenges predominant understandings of the historical linkages that make up the (post- )colonial world. The author goes beyond both the domination of the Atlantic viewpoint, and the correctives now being offered by South Pacific and Indian Ocean studies, to look at how the Atlantic ecumene is refracted in and has influenced the Pacific ecumene. The book is empirically rich, using extensive interviews, |
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participation and archival work and focusing on the politics of Black Power and the Rastafari faith. It is also theoretically sophisticated, offering an innovative hermeneutical critique of post-colonial and subaltern studies. The Black Pacific is essential reading for students and scholars of Politics, International Relations, History and Anthropology interested in anti-colonial struggles, anti-racism and the quests for equality, justice, freedom and self-determination"--Back cover. |
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