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
Summary
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
