| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) |
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The Atlantic enlightenment -- A tale of three republics -- The seismic shift and the decolonization of knowledge -- Identity politics and the right / left convergence -- France, the United States, and the culture wars -- Brazil, the United States, and the culture wars -- From affirmative action to interrogating whiteness -- French intellectuals and the postcolonial -- The transnational traffic of ideas |
| Summary |
While the term "culture wars" often designates the heated arguments in the English-speaking world spiralling around race, the canon, and affirmative action, in fact these discussions have raged in multiple sites and languages. Charting the multidirectional traffic of the debates, Stam/Shohat trace their literal and figurative translation, seen in French Postcolonial Studies and Brazilian Whiteness Studies, and in such cultural phenomena as Tropicalia and Hip-Hop. The authors also interrogate an ironic convergence whereby rightist politicians join hands with leftist intellectuals, along with th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Race.
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Culture
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Postcolonialism -- Atlantic Ocean Region
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Multiculturalism -- Atlantic Ocean Region
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Ethnicity -- Atlantic Ocean Region
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Racial Groups
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race (group of people)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Culture
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Ethnicity
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Multiculturalism
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Postcolonialism
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Race
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Atlantic Ocean Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shohat, Ella, 1959- author
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| ISBN |
9780814723920 |
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0814723926 |
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9780814725252 |
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0814725252 |
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