ISBN:
0253001285
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9780253001283
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (355 pages)
Series Statement:
Blacks in the Diaspora
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als White, Elisa Joy Joy Modernity, Freedom, and the African Diaspora : Dublin, New Orleans, Paris
DDC:
305.896
Keywords:
African Americans Social conditions
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African diaspora
;
Blacks Social conditions
;
Blacks Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; African American Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration
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Race relations
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African Americans ; Social conditions
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African diaspora
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Blacks ; Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Black Studies (Global)
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New Orleans (La.) Race relations
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Paris (France) Race relations
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Dublin (Ireland) Race relations
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France ; Paris
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Ireland ; Dublin
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Louisiana ; New Orleans
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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 Nigerian
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
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