Modernity, freedom, and the African diaspora : Dublin, New Orleans, Paris

Summary: 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 Nigerian.

Record details

ISBN: 6613673447
ISBN: 9786613673442
ISBN: 9780253001153
ISBN: 0253001153
ISBN: 0253001250
ISBN: 9780253001252
ISBN: 0253001153
ISBN: 9780253001153
ISBN: 9781280696480
ISBN: 1280696486
ISBN: 0253001285
ISBN: 9780253001283
Physical Description: 1 online resource (355 pages)
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Publisher: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The African Diaspora in Dublin; 1. Decolonization, Racism, and the Retro- Global Society; 2. Status, Numbers, and the "Retro" Revealed; 3. Media Representation and Black Presence; 4. Racism, Immigrant Status, and Black Life; 5. A Community in the Making; Part II. The Glitches of Modernity; 6. Dublin: The Olukunle Elukanlo Case; 7. New Orleans: Race Meets Antediluvian Modernity; 8. Paris: The Liberating Quality of Race; 9. Conclusion: Toward a Modern Future; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.