Paul Gilroy / / Paul Williams

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786049603321
• Autore: Williams Paul <1979-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-16075-2; 1-283-97315-4; 0-203-07956-6; 1-136-16076-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Collana: Routledge critical thinkers
• Disciplina: 305.8009163
• Soggetti: Critical theory - Atlantic Ocean Region; Race - Philosophy; Black people - Race identity - Atlantic Ocean Region; Race awareness - Atlantic Ocean Region
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-171) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Paul gilroy; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Why Gilroy?; Gilroy's influences; Key Ideas; 1. Ethnic absolutism; 2. Civilizationism; 3. Race is ordinary; 4. Postcolonial melancholia in the UK; 5. The black Atlantic I: a counterculture of modernity; 6. The black Atlantic II: the politics of vernacular culture; 7. Iconization; 8. The black Atlantic III: diaspora and the transnational study of visual culture; After Gilroy; Further reading; Online sources for illustrations; Works cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Paul Gilroy has been a controversial force at the forefront of debates around race, nation, and diaspora. Working across a broad range of disciplines, Gilroy has argued that racial identities are historically constructed, formed by colonization, slavery, nationalist philosophies, and consumer capitalism.Paul Williams introduces Gilroy's key themes and ideas, including:the essential concepts, including ethnic absolutism, civilizationism, postcolonial melancholia, iconization, and the 'black Atlantic'analysis of Gilroy's broad-ranging cul