RSS Feed
Loading RSS Feed...
Additional Resources
![Swing kids [videorecording]](http://find.library.duke.edu/syndetics.php?type=cover-image&output-format=image-js&imagesize=SC&isbn=155890493X&upc=28577046&formats=Video+cassette&image-extension=.jpg)
Two friends in Nazi Germany must choose between their individual freedom or loyalty to the murderous Third Reich.
Black Atlantic writers of the eighteenth century : living the new exodus in England and the Americas
In the News
Racial attacks in Germany stir World Cup fear
Far-right groups alarm host nation
POTSDAM, Germany -- The savage beating of an Ethiopian man in this historic city and another attack in Berlin have rattled Germany as the country prepares to greet throngs of foreign visitors arriving for the monthlong soccer World Cup, beginning June 9.
Spotlight: Paul Gilroy
Featured Titles
Gilroy demonstrates the enormous complexity of racial politics in
England today. Exploring the relationships among race, class, and
nation as they have evolved over the past twenty years, he highlights
racist attitudes that transcend the left-right political divide. He
challenges current sociological approaches to racism as well as the
ethnocentric bias of British cultural studies. "Gilroy demonstrates
effectively that cultural traditions are not static, but develop, grow
and indeed mutate, as they influence and are influenced by the other
changing traditions around them."--David Edgar, Listener Review of
Books. "A fascinating analysis of the discourses that have accompanied
black settlement in Britain. . . . An important addition to the stock
of critical works on race and culture."--David Okuefuna, Chicago Tribune
Through a selection of striking black and white photographs taken
between the late 1800s and 2006, Gilroy (social theory, London School
of Economics) presents a visual history of black people in the British
Isles. The text features photographs of renowned persons and events
from politics, art, and sport, as well as ordinary people going about
their everyday lives. The photographs are accompanied by an essay
highlighting key points in the social and cultural dimensions of black
life in Britain. Distributed in the US by Consortium. Annotation ©2008
Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This collection explores the social products and meaning of Europe's
fascination with African America. After a historiographical review, the
volume divides into three parts. Part I examines early, classic
influences (jazz, Josephine Baker, Katherine Dunham) through an
Afro-centric perspective. Part II looks at contemporary
cross-fertilizations like Finnish Pop and Hungarian Rap to mark the
development of cultural relations. Lastly, through essays that question
the Enlightenment's silence on slavery, the growth an anti-immigrant
politics, and the integration of gypsies in Romania, Part III submits a
theory of Europe's blackening, a draft model of how race and ethnicity
can be understood in a unavoidably multicultural Europe.
Afrocentrism. Eurocentrism. Caribbean Studies. British Studies. To the
forces of cultural nationalism hunkered down in their camps, this bold
hook sounds a liberating call.
Subject Guide |
Karen Jean HuntStuck? Ask a Librarian!
Contact Info:
RBMSCL
rm. 206f
660-5922
Send Email
Subjects:
African Studies, African American Studies, RBMSCL
RBMSCL
rm. 206f
660-5922
Send Email
Subjects:
African Studies, African American Studies, RBMSCL
Perkins Circulation Desk: 919-660-5870
Description
Loading content... please wait
 |
Loading content... please wait