There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation

by Paul Gilroy

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226294278
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	12/01/1991
Series:	Black Literature and Culture
Edition description:	1
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. 'Race', class and agency
2. 'The whisper wakes, the shudder plays': 'race', nation and ethnic absolutism
3. Lesser breeds without the law
4. Two sides of anti-racism
5. Diaspora, utopia and the critique of capitalism
6. Conclusion: urban social movements, 'race' and community
Appendices to Chapter 6
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

'... provocative and stimulating ... not a book which can or should be ignored.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement

'This will make excellent controversial reading on the question of racism.' - Ron Vavaka, Orebro University, Sweden

'Provocative and stimulating ... not a book which can or should be ignored.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement

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