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Loud and proud : passion and politics in the English Defence League / / Hilary Pilkington



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Autore: Pilkington Hilary <1964, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Loud and proud : passion and politics in the English Defence League / / Hilary Pilkington Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) : illustrations, portraits, charts
Disciplina: 305.6970941
Soggetto topico: Protest movements - Great Britain
Right wing extremists - Great Britain
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
Soggetto non controllato: English Defence League
Ethnography
Far right organisations
Islamophobia
Political activism
Populist radical right movements
Social movements
Persona (resp. second.): NayakAnoop
Note generali: Includes a foreword by Anoop Nayak.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [238]-346) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Transgressing the cordon sanitaire: understanding the English Defence League as a social movement -- 1. The contagion of stigma: the ethics and politics of research with the 'far right' -- 2. Tommy Robinson's barmy army: the past, present and future of the English Defence League -- 3. Doing the hokey-cokey: everyday trajectories of activism -- 4. 'Not racist, not violent, just no longer silent': aspirations to non-racism -- 5. 'Their way or no way': anti-Islam and anti-Muslim sentiments -- 6. 'Second-class citizens': reordering privilege and prejudice -- 7. 'One big family': emotion, affect and the meaning of activism -- 8. 'Loud and proud': piercing the politics of silencing -- Conclusion: Passion and politics -- Appendix 1. Observed events -- Appendix 2. Respondent set.
Sommario/riassunto: The book uses interviews, informal conversations and extended observation at EDL events to critically reflect on the gap between the movement's public image and activists' own understandings of it. It details how activists construct the EDL, and themselves, as 'not racist, not violent, just no longer silent' inter alia through the exclusion of Muslims as a possible object of racism on the grounds that they are a religiously not racially defined group. In contrast activists perceive themselves to be 'second-class citizens', disadvantaged and discriminated by a 'two-tier' justice system that privileges the rights of 'others'. This failure to recognise themselves as a privileged white majority explains why ostensibly intimidating EDL street demonstrations marked by racist chanting and nationalistic flag waving are understood by activists as standing 'loud and proud'; the only way of 'being heard' in a political system governed by a politics of silencing. Unlike most studies of 'far right' movements, this book focuses not on the EDL as an organisation - its origins, ideology, strategic repertoire and effectiveness - but on the individuals who constitute the movement. Its ethnographic approach challenges stereotypes and allows insight into the emotional as well as political dimension of activism. At the same time, the book recognises and discusses the complex political and ethical issues of conducting close-up social research with 'distasteful' groups.
Titolo autorizzato: Loud and proud  Visualizza cluster
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996552367503316
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Serie: New ethnographies.