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Autore: | Williams Paul <1979-, > |
Titolo: | Paul Gilroy / / Paul Williams |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.8009163 |
Soggetto topico: | Critical theory - Atlantic Ocean Region |
Race - Philosophy | |
Black people - Race identity - Atlantic Ocean Region | |
Race awareness - Atlantic Ocean Region | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Paul Gilroy |
ISBN: | 1-136-16075-2 |
1-283-97315-4 | |
0-203-07956-6 | |
1-136-16076-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786049603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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