| Modernity, Freedom, and the African Diaspora: Dublin, New Orleans, Paris Contributor(s): White, Elisa Joy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253001250 ISBN-13: 9780253001252 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 2011051854 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Nigerians from Dublin, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the uprisings in the Paris suburbs--White reveals a shared quest for social progress in the face of stark retrogressive conditions. |