Format:
1 online resource (356 pages)
ISBN:
9780253001283
Series Statement:
Blacks in the Diaspora Ser.
Content:
Elisa Joy White investigates the contemporary African Diaspora communities in Dublin, New Orleans, and Paris and their role in the interrogation of modernity and social progress. Beginning with an examination of Dublin's emergent African immigrant community, White shows how the community's negotiation of racism, immigration status, and xenophobia exemplifies the ways in which idealist representations of global societies are contradicted by the prevalence of racial, ethnic, and cultural conflicts within them. Through the consideration of three contemporaneous events-the deportations of Nigerians from Dublin, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the uprisings in the Paris suburbs-White reveals a shared quest for social progress in the face of stark retrogressive conditions.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The African Diaspora in Dublin -- 1. Decolonization, Racism, and the Retro- Global Society -- 2. Status, Numbers, and the "Retro" Revealed -- 3. Media Representation and Black Presence -- 4. Racism, Immigrant Status, and Black Life -- 5. A Community in the Making -- Part II. The Glitches of Modernity -- 6. Dublin: The Olukunle Elukanlo Case -- 7. New Orleans: Race Meets Antediluvian Modernity -- 8. Paris: The Liberating Quality of Race -- 9. Conclusion: Toward a Modern Future -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The African Diaspora in Dublin; 1. Decolonization, Racism, and the Retro- Global Society; 2. Status, Numbers, and the "Retro" Revealed; 3. Media Representation and Black Presence; 4. Racism, Immigrant Status, and Black Life; 5. A Community in the Making; Part II. The Glitches of Modernity; 6. Dublin: The Olukunle Elukanlo Case; 7. New Orleans: Race Meets Antediluvian Modernity; 8. Paris: The Liberating Quality of Race; 9. Conclusion: Toward a Modern Future; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M
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NO; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253001153
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780253001153
Language:
English
Keywords:
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