{"product_id":"modernity-freedom-and-the-african-diaspora-dublin-new-orleans-paris-blacks-in-the-diaspora-9780253001252","title":"Modernity Freedom and the African Diaspora Dublin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores racial barriers in modern globalized societies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eModernity, Freedom, and the African Diaspora . . . is a fascinating look at the way racism and social exclusion are still at work in our modern societies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents and lecturers\/professors will certainly find this book useful as a marker of social attitudes in developed western cities, that presents a desperate contradiction of official Government policy and public proclamation.\u003c\/p\u003e * readthinkwriteteach.com *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite should be applauded for her extensive fieldwork in Europe and North America, where she interviewed hundreds of individuals, mostly new immigrants and asylum seekers, whose accounts made up most of the book's primary research. . . . Modernity, Freedom, and the African Diaspora continues an important conversation on the importance of race and its intersection with modernity in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e * International Social Science Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat this study accomplishes, and quite successfully, is constructing an important expansion of modernity to make room for the complications of white racism impacting African diasporic communities.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of African American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. The African Diaspora in Dublin\u003cbr\u003e 1. Decolonization, Racism, and the Retro-Global Society\u003cbr\u003e 2. Status, Numbers, and the \"Retro\" Revealed\u003cbr\u003e 3. Media Representation and Black Presence\u003cbr\u003e 4. Racism, Immigrant Status, and Black Life\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Community in the Making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2. The Glitches of Modernity\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dublin: The Olukunle Elukanlo Case\u003cbr\u003e 7. New Orleans: Race Meets Antediluvian Modernity\u003cbr\u003e 8. Paris: The Liberating Quality of Race\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion: Toward a Modern Future\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400528765271,"sku":"9780253001252","price":20.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253001252.jpg?v=1730470904","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modernity-freedom-and-the-african-diaspora-dublin-new-orleans-paris-blacks-in-the-diaspora-9780253001252","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}