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Author Williams, Paul

Title Paul Gilroy
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages)
Series Routledge Critical Thinkers
Routledge critical thinkers.
Contents Cover; Paul gilroy; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Why Gilroy?; Gilroy's influences; Key Ideas; 1. Ethnic absolutism; 2. Civilizationism; 3. Race is ordinary; 4. Postcolonial melancholia in the UK; 5. The black Atlantic I: a counterculture of modernity; 6. The black Atlantic II: the politics of vernacular culture; 7. Iconization; 8. The black Atlantic III: diaspora and the transnational study of visual culture; After Gilroy; Further reading; Online sources for illustrations; Works cited; Index
Summary Paul Gilroy has been a controversial force at the forefront of debates around race, nation, and diaspora. Working across a broad range of disciplines, Gilroy has argued that racial identities are historically constructed, formed by colonization, slavery, nationalist philosophies, and consumer capitalism. Paul Williams introduces Gilroy's key themes and ideas, including:the essential concepts, including ethnic absolutism, civilizationism, postcolonial melancholia, iconization, and the 'black Atlantic'analysis of Gilroy's broad-ranging cul
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Subject Gilroy, Paul, 1956- -- Philosophy
SUBJECT Gilroy, Paul, 1956- fast
Subject Critical theory -- Atlantic Ocean Region
Race -- Philosophy
Black people -- Race identity -- Atlantic Ocean Region
Race awareness -- Atlantic Ocean Region
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Black people -- Race identity
Critical theory
Philosophy
Race awareness
Race -- Philosophy
Atlantic Ocean Region
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136160769
1136160760