Afrocentrism, Eurocentrism, Caribbean Studies, American Studies. To the forces of cultural nationalism trapped in their respective camps, this bold book sounds a liberating call. There is, Paul Gilroy tells us, a culture that is not specifically African, American, Caribbean, or British, but all of these at once; a black Atlantic culture whose themes and techniques transcend ethnicity and nationality to produce something new and, until now, unremarked. Challenging the practices and assumptions of cultural studies, The Black Atlantic also enriches our understanding of modernism.
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An account of the location of black intellectuals in the modern world following the end of racial slavery. The lives and writings of key African Americans such as Martin Delany, W.E.B. Dubois, Frederick Douglas and Richard Wright are examined in the light of their experiences in Europe and Africa.
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Whilst others scarcely put a toe in the water, in The Black Atlantic Gilroy goes in deep and returns with riches.
An account of the location of black intellectuals in the modern world following the end of racial slavery. The lives and writings of key African Americans such as Martin Delany, W.E.B. Dubois, Frederick Douglas and Richard Wright are examined in the light of their experiences in Europe and Africa.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780860916758
Publisert
2012-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
489 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
274

Forfatter

Biographical note

Paul Gilroy was born in London in 1959. He is the author of There Ain't no Black in the Union Jack (1987), Small Acts (1993), The Black Atlantic (1993), Between Camps (2000), and After Empire (2004), among other works. Gilroy was also co-author of The Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in 1970s Britain (1982). Gilroy was awarded an honorary doctorate of the University of London by Goldsmiths College in September 2005 and in 2014 he was elected a fellow of the British Academy. He is currently Professor of American and English Literature at King's College London.