Title:
Paul Gilroy / Paul Williams.
Routledge critical thinkers
Routledge critical thinkers.
Author:
Williams, Paul, 1979-
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index.
Why Gilroy? Gilroy's Influences ; Ethnic Absolutism ; Civilizationism ; Race is Ordinary ; Postcolonial Melancholia in the UK ; The Black Atlantic -- I: A Counterculture of Modernity. -- The Black Atlantic II: The Politics of Vernacular Culture. Iconization, -- The Black Atlantic III: Diaspora and the Transnational Study of Visual Culture After Gilroy.
"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 cultural references, from Edmund Burke to hip-hop ; a comprehensive overview of Gilroy's influences and the academic debates his work has inspired. Emphasizing the timeliness and global relevance of Gilroy's ideas, this guide will appeal to anyone approaching Gilroy's work for the first time or seeking to further their understanding of race and contemporary culture."--Publisher's website.
Publisher:
New York : Routledge,
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
9780415583978 (pbk.)
0415583977 (pbk.)
Subject:
Critical theory -- Atlantic Ocean Region.
Race -- Philosophy.
Blacks -- Race identity -- Atlantic Ocean Region.
Race awareness -- Atlantic Ocean Region.
Gilroy, Paul, 1956- -- Philosophy.
Series:
Routledge critical thinkers
Routledge critical thinkers.
Contents:
Why Gilroy? Gilroy's Influences ; Ethnic Absolutism ; Civilizationism ; Race is Ordinary ; Postcolonial Melancholia in the UK ; The Black Atlantic -- I: A Counterculture of Modernity. -- The Black Atlantic II: The Politics of Vernacular Culture. Iconization, -- The Black Atlantic III: Diaspora and the Transnational Study of Visual Culture After Gilroy.
Physical Description:
xiv, 177 pages ;
Publication Date:
2013.
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