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The black Atlantic : modernity and double consciousness by Gilroy, Paul, 1956- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Afrocentrism. Eurocentrism. Caribbean Studies. British Studies. To the forces of cultural nationalism hunkered down in their camps, this bold book sounds a liberating call. There is, Paul Gilroy tells us, a culture that is not specifically African, American, Caribbean, or British, but all of these at once, a black Atlantic culture whose themes and techniques transcend ethnicity and nationality to produce something new and, until now, unremarked. Challenging the practices and assumptions of cultural studies, The Black Atlantic also complicates and enriches our understanding of modernism." "Debates about postmodernism have cast an unfashionable pall over questions of historical periodization. Gilroy bucks this trend by arguing that the development of black culture in the Americas and Europe is a historical experience which can be called modern for a number of clear and specific reasons. For Hegel, the dialectic of master and slave was integral to modernity, and Gilroy considers the implications of this idea for a transatlantic culture. In search of a poetics reflecting the politics and history of this culture, he takes us on a transatlantic tour of the music that, for centuries, has

Who reads The black Atlantic : modernity and double consciousness?

Author

Gilroy, Paul, 1956-

Publisher

Harvard University Press, 1993.

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780860916758

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, History, Humanities